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For the purposes of comparison, the following summary of results since 1904 is here
inserted:-
Percentage showing Percentage showing
Year. Tuberculous Infection. Year. Tuberculous Infection.
1904 7.7% 1923 2.6%
1905 9.1% 1924 12.8%
1906 8.0% 1925 2.4% 1st Series.
1907 8.3% 2.4% 2nd Series.
1909 12.5% 1st Series 1927 4.88%
4.7% 2nd Series. 1928 8.3%
1910 6.25% 1929 5.1%
1912 6.6% 1930 4.2%
1913 10.4% 1931 9.5%
1914 10.2% 1932 9.1%
1915 8.5% 1933 11.1%
1917 4.2% 1934 8.3%
1919 14.8% 1935 0.0%
1921 24.2% 1st Series. 1936 8.3%
26.3% 2nd Series. 1937 4.2%
12.5% 3rd Series. 1938 0.0%
1922 9.5%
From the foregoing it will be seen that each sample of milk collected has produced
negative results so far as the presence of tubercle bacilli is concerned. This is only the
second occasion on which examination has indicated the absence of this bacillus. So far as
the presence of dirt was concerned the samples proved satisfactory.
The chemical examination undertaken by the Public Analyst showed that every sample
conformed to the required standard.
GENERAL SANITARY WORK.
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 512 persons, compared with 557 in 1937. 90 per cent. are adults and 10 per
cent. children (under 14 years).
In addition to these Artizans' Dwellings, the Corporation, in connection with a slum
clearance scheme, erected in the City:—
(1) In December, 1927, a block of buildings, Bearsted House, in Hutchison Street,
which contains 88 rooms, arranged in 24 tenements, and housing at the end of 1938, 100
persons, as compared with 90 in 1937 (92 per cent. adults and 8 per cent. children).
(2) In January, 1929, a similar block of buildings, Dutton House, in New Street,
containing 52 rooms, arranged in 16 tenements, and housing at the end of 1938, 66 persons,
as compared with 69 in 1937 (82 per cent. adults and 18 per cent. children).
There are 7 shops, each with a large and well-lighted basement, in Bearsted House,
and 8 shops, similarly provided with a basement, in Dutton House.
The total population of these dwellings is 678.
The number of births was 7, viz.:4 males and 3 females. The birth-rate was 10 3
per 1,000. The birth-rate in these Dwellings reached a maximum of 46.9 per 1,000 in 1896,
and has since been falling irregularly, but almost progressively.
The death rate for 1938 was 14.8 per 1,000 per annum.
For the purposes of comparison of birth and death rates, the population in the whole
of these dwellings has been included in the calculation, as probably representing a class
homogeneity.