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EXHUMATION AND RE.INTERMENT OF BODIES AT THE
CITY OF LONDON CEMETERY.
During the year the bodies of four persons buried at the City of London Cemetery
at Ilford have been exhumed. These were all immediately re.interred in other parts of
the same Cemetery. In accordance with the terms of the Licences issued by the Home Secretary in
respect of these cases the work of removal and re.interment was carried out in the early
morning under the supervision of the Medical Officer of Health.
ARTIZANS' DWELLINGS, STONEY LANE, HOUNDSDITCH.
These buildings, erected by the late Commissioners of Sewers and opened in
January, 1885, stand upon ground formerly the site of several courts and alleys in
the Ward of Portsoken.
There* are five "blocks" of Dwellings, severally named King's—Queen's—
Prince's—North—and South, designed for occupation by persons of the artizan
class; some of the ground floors being let as shops. The buildings contain 501
rooms, arranged in 241 tenements, and are occupied by 801* persons, compared
with 827 in 1914. 68.7 per cent. are adults, and 31.3 per cent. children (under
14 years).
The number of births was 23, viz.: 14 males and 9 females. The birth rate
was 28.8 per 1,000, which is 3.6 per 1,000 below the average tor the previous five
years.
The death rate for 1915 was 6.25 per 1,000 per annum. The number of deaths
of children under one year, per 1,000 births, was 87, as against 121 lor the City
generally.