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Class V.
Violence.—To this cause 191 deaths were due, 5 of which were
homicides, and 26 suicides. The mortality-rate for the class is .8 per
1,000 living persons.
Class VI.
Ill-Defined Causes.—No less than 189 deaths with a mortalityrate
of .8 per 1,000 were attributed to indefinite causes.
PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1891.
Nuisances.—The nuisances abated during the year amounted to
4,142. Intimation and statutory notices secured the abatement of
3,892, and legal proceedings had to be resorted to in 250 instances.
Infectious Diseases.—Under the provisions of this Act 4,246
cases of infectious disease were notified by medical practitioners
during 1899. The houses where these cases occurred were inspected,
the drains tested, and any defect or insanitary condition found
remedied.
The rooms fumigated numbered 1,963. In addition, the walls of
740 rooms were stripped of their paper and cleansed; 13,333 articles
were steamed at the disinfecting station by the Vestry's steam
apparatus, and 129 infected articles were destroyed by request of the
owners. Also 905 bottles of carbolic acid and 8,758 one pound
bags of carbolic and sanitas powder were given to applicants. A
detailed list of the articles disinfected, and destroyed on request, will
be found in the appendix.
Accommodation for persons during the disinfection of their homes
was paid for in six cases only. The cost was £1 5s.
Articles Seized Unfit for Food.—The following were seized
and ordered to be destroyed by Magistrates as unfit for food during
the year, viz.: 1 ton, 14 lbs. of fish, 12 cwts. of fruit and vegetables,
13 cwt., 2 qrs., 46 lbs. of meat.