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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Statistics— pagb
Population 3
Marriages 3
Births 4
Deaths 6
Life Table, 1881-90 9
Infant mortality 14
Deaths from several classes of disease 14
Principal zymotic diseases 15
Smallpox and vaccination 16
Measles 22
Scarlet fever 24
Diphtheria 27
Whooping cough 31
Typhus fever 33
Enteric fever 34
Diarrhœa 36
Cholera 37
Erysipelas 41
Puerperal fever 42
Influenza, bronchitis and pneumonia 43
Phthisis 43
Cancer 44
Meteorology 44
A dministration—
Dairies, cowsheds and milkshops 44
Offensive trades 44
Nuisances 46
Smoke nuisance 46
Regent's and Grand Junction canals 47
Housing of the working classes 49
Houses let in lodgings 52
Common lodging houses 52
Underground rooms 52
Workshops 52
Bakehouses 55
Disinfection and destruction of infected articles 56
Mortuaries 59
Hospital provision for infectious disease 60
Medical officers of health 60
Sanitary inspectors 60
By-laws 61
Special inquiries 61
The destruction of refuse 63
Food 63
Water supply 64
Regulations as to water fittings 66
Legislation 67
Pollution of the Lea 67
Appendices
LIST OF DIAGRAMS.
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Diagram I.—Marriages, 1851-93 4
II.—Births, 1851-93 4
„ III.—Deaths, 1841-93 6
„ IV.—Smallpox, 1841-93 16
Y.—Measles, 1841-93 22
VI.—Scarlet fever, 1859-93 24
„ VII.—Scarlet fever: admissions to and deaths in hospitals of Metropolitan Asylums Board,
per cent. of total cases and deaths in London 24
„ VIII.—Scarlet fever, 1892 25
„ IX.—Scarlet fever at various age-periods, 1893 25
„ X.—Diphtheria and croup, 1859-93 28
„ XI.—Diphtheria : admissions to and deaths in hospitals of Metropolitan Asylums Board,
per cent. of total cases and deaths in London 28
„ XII.—Diphtheria, 1892 28
„ XIII.—Diphtheria at various age-periods, 1893 28
„ XIV.—Whooping cough, 1841-93 32
„ XV.—Typhus fever, 1869-93 32
„ XVI.—Enteric fever, 1869-93 36
„ XVII.—Diarrhœa in relation to mean temperature (summer quarter), 1841-93 36