Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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table of births and deaths occurring at the artizans' dwellings, stoney lane, houndsditch, bearsted house, hutchison street, and dutton house, new street, during the year 1938.
Name of Block. | Births. | Mortality from all Causes at subjoined ages. | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males. | Females. | At all ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 65 | 65 and upwards. | |
NORTH BLOCK | 1 | ||||||||
SOUTH | — | — | 4 | — | — | 1 | 3 | ||
KING'S | l | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | |||
QUEEN'S | 2 | l | 2 | 2 | |||||
PRINCE'S | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
BEARSTED HOUSE | — | 1 | |||||||
DUTTON | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Totals | 4 | 3 | 10 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 5 |
The baths, provided for the use of tenants of these Buildings, which were opened in
May, 1904, continue to be extensively used, the number of persons bathing during 1938
being 14,923, of whom 5,987 were males and 8,936 were females.
The accompanying table is compiled from the monthly records of attendances at the
baths:—
record of attendances at the baths, artizans' dwellings.
Month. | Sex. | Total. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males. | Females. | ||||
Children. | Adults. | Children. | Adults. | ||
January | 98 | 347 | 120 | 535 | 1,100 |
February | 97 | 323 | 134 | 513 | 1,067 |
March | 135 | 380 | 133 | 604 | 1,252 |
April | 134 | 413 | 146 | 642 | 1,335 |
May | 107 | 394 | 133 | 667 | 1,301 |
June | 131 | 168 | 135 | 711 | 1,145 |
July | 103 | 464 | 121 | 777 | 1,465 |
August | 88 | 473 | 79 | 586 | 1,226 |
September | 145 | 443 | 139 | 615 | 1,342 |
October | 112 | 380 | 131 | 577 | 1,200 |
November | 97 | 428 | 109 | 608 | 1,242 |
December | 105 | 422 | 117 | 604 | 1,248 |
Totals | 1,352 | 4,635 | 1,497 | 7,439 | 14,923 |