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The deaths registered during the last year from this cause was 492,
which are equal to an annual death rate of 2.2 per 1,000 living.
Cancer.—This disease was responsible for no less than 190
deaths during the past year. This is equal to a death rate of .86
per 1,000.
Class III.
Developmental.—The deaths under this head numbered 352, and
included 130 due to premature birth. The mortality for the whole
class is l.6 per 1,000.
Class IV.
Local Diseases.—The total deaths in this class numbered 1,679,
and is equal to an annual mortality of 7.6per 1,000 living.
Class V.
Violence.—There were 134 deaths during the year due to violence,
and of these 19 were suicides. The death-rate for violence is .6 per
1,000 living.
Class VI.
Ill-Defined Causes.—No less than 197 deaths were attributed
to indefinite causes.
PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1891.
Nuisances.—The number of nuisances abated during the year
amounted to 3,966; of these 3,732 were abated by the service of
intimation or statutory notices, and 234 were only abated after the
initiation of legal proceedings. The character of the nuisances varied
very much, some of them requiring only trifling repairs, others
involving large expenditures of labour and money on the part of the
owners for their abatement.
In proportion to the extent of the measures adopted to effectually
abate a nuisance, so is the time and attention of the inspector drawn
upon. As examples of extremes, I mention the removal of some