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Act, 1891, in accordance with my instructions, and
found that they had been visited by the Sanitary
Inspector, fumigated by an employé of the Vestry,
and that the certificate of the Sanitary Inspector to
that effect was perfectly correct.
I am of opinion that the interpretation which the
Committee have placed on Section 60 of the Public
Health Act, 1891, is not a correct one, and that the
duty imposed on the Medical Officer of Health is
that of a third-class Sanitary Inspector, if required
at all.
September 14th, 1896.
During the nine weeks that ended on the 12th
day of September, 515 births and 252 deaths were
registered in the parish. The annual birth rate per
thousand of the population varied from 24.9 to 47.4,
the mean being 34.9. The annual rate of mortality
ranged from 7·3 in the lowest week, to 24·9 in the
highest, the mean being 17.3. The death rate in
London during the eight weeks that ended on
September 5th fluctuated between 15·4 and 25·3 per
thousand of the population, the mean being 17·8.
In the parish in the course of 9 weeks there were
116 deaths of children under 1 year of age, and
27 of persons aged 60 years and upwards.