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Cancer.
The deaths due to Cancer were 236, or 4 more than in the previous year. This
corresponds to a death rate of .85 per 1,000 of the population.
45 belonged to the Limehouse District, or at the rate of '85 per 1,000 of
the population.
39 belonged to St. George-in-the-East, or at the rate of .83 per 1,000 of the
population.
91 belonged to Mile End Old Town, or at the rate of .82 per 1,000 of the
population.
61 belonged to the Whitechapel District, or at the rate of .93 per 1,000 of
the population.
Glanders.
Under the London (Notification of Glanders) Order, 1907, the Veterinary
Inspector of the London County Council reported in accordance with the provisions
of that Order, the existence of Glanders in 14 stables in the borough in which 32
horses were affected.
Inhabited House Duty.
8 applications were received for certificates under the Inland Revenue Act,
1903, for the purpose of securing exemption from Inhabited House Duty.
Certificates were granted for 56 tenements, and refused for 14 tenements.
5 certificates were also granted with regard to lodging houses in accordance
with the provisions of the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1909.
Verminous Persons.
1,784 verminous persons were cleansed during the year and their clothing
disinfected, 1,769 men, 11 women, 1 boy and 3 girls.

Rooms Disinfected.
4,421 rooms were disinfected during the year, 2,322 having been occupied by
persons suffering from notifiable diseases, and 857 by consumptives. 1,242 rooms
which were in a verminous condition, were fumigated with sulphur, and the papers
stripped from the walls.
Scabies.
A large number of patients attend at the London Hospital suffering from
Scabies, and for whom sulphur baths are provided.
The bed and bedding of 419 patients were disinfected during the year in order
to obviate as far as possible re-infection after treatment.