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Lambeth. Such a Bye-law is much needed, as it will be readily
acknowledged that indiscriminate spitting is a filthy and
dangerous practice, and ought, consequently, to be prohibited, or
minimised.
EPIDEMIC INFLUENZA.
During 1903, 52 deaths were registered from Influenza in the
Borough of Lambeth, as compared with 78 during 1902, and an
average of 107.5 for ten years (1891-1900) in the old Parish of
Lambeth. Of the 52 deaths, 29 were registered during the
first, 13 during the second, 5 during the third, and 5 during the
fourth quarter, of the year.
In London, there were registered 644 deaths (uncorrected),
from Influenza during 1903.
Reviewing the past ten years' history of the old Parish of
Lambeth in relation to Epidemic Influenza, it will be seen
that the disease has been practically epidemic since 1891, rising
to the maximum in 1892, 1895, 1899, and 1900. The yearly
average for ten years (1891-1900) in the old Parish of Lambeth
is 107.5, so that the 1903 statistics for the new Borough of
Lambeth show a sub-epidemic state.

N.B.—The term "Influenza" is too indefinite in medical practice to
permit of any satisfactory deductions being drawn from the above statistics.