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instances, on my next visit, disappeared, or have been so damaged or
neglected as to necessitate the work being done again. On the other hand,
their houses in many cases are much dilapidated, and have been built without
any idea of promoting either the comfort or the health of the occupants ;
indeed in one locality the dilapidations were of so serious a nature, and the
insalubrity so pronounced, that proceedings were commenced by your Board
under the Artizans' Dwelling Act, against the owners. Let us now examine,
by the help of a few statistics, the sanitary state of the population, the social
condition of a large proportion of which is represented in the above
statement.
In the period under consideration, 1,926 births and 1,513 deaths were
registered—the population thus receiving an accession of 413 to its number.
The following table exhibits the number of births registered in each subdistrict,
the quarter when registered, and the sex : —
Sub-districts.
Midsummer
Michaelmas.
Chriitmat.
Ladyday.
Total.
Male.
Fem.
Male
Fem.
Male
Fem.
Male.
Fem.
Male.
Fem.
Limehouse
116
115
128
123
149
137
145
156
538
531
Ratcliff
53
61
66
59
68
61
78
64
265
245
Shadwell&Wapping
40
40
43
38
56
48
46
36
185
162
Total
209
216
237
220
273
246
269
256
988
938
425
457
519
1,926
From this table it will be seen that the greatest number of births was
registered in the quarter ended Lady-day, and the least in the quarter ended
Midsummer, the difference between the numbers being 100. The annual
birth rate was 32 per 1,000 for the whole district.
Of the 1,513 persons whose deaths were registered in the year, 783