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tions and used for the sole purpose of providing separatedwellings
for persons at rents not exceeding for each dwelling
the rate of seven shillings and sixpence a week, and occupied
only by persons paying such rents, is to be discharged by the
Commissioners acting in the execution of the Acts relating to
the Inhabited House Duty from the payment of house duty
on such houses, provided that a certificate is produced to
them to the effect that the house is so constructed as to afford
suitable accommodation for each of the families or persons
inhabiting it, and that due provision is made for their sanitary
requirements. This certificate is to be obtained from the
Medical Officer of Health for the district in which the house
is situate, or from some other medical practitioner having the
qualifications required for a Medical Officer of Health and
specially appointed for this purpose.
In cases where the remuneration of the Medical Officer
of Health is subject to the approval of the Local Government
Board, the Board will be prepared to assent to a
reasonable increase of such remuneration if the Local
Authority deem the officer entitled to such increase.
In any case where payment is made it is to be paid by the
Local Authority, and not by the person who is benefited by
the certificate.
November 17th, 1890.
During the fortnight that ended on the Bth day of November,
105 births and 68 deaths were registered in the parish.
These numbers indicate an annual birth-rate of 30.1, and an
annual rate of mortality of 19.7 per thousand of the estimated
population. The corresponding death-rate in London was
20.9.
Diseases of the zymotic class caused 6 deaths, viz.—
measles 3, enteric fever 1 and diarrhoea 2.
From diseases of the respiratory organs there were 21
deaths, of which 13 were referred to bronchitis, 7 to pneumonia
and 1 to pleurisy.
Diseases of the tubercular order caused 11 deaths and
cancer 6.
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