Report upon the cause of the increae of mortality from diphtheria in London page 7

St Pancras 1894

Report upon the cause of the increae of mortality from diphtheria in London

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By the Education Code Act, 1890, a special grant of £10 annually was
made to schools where the population was less than five hundred, and
"elementary education" was not to be the condition of a Parliamentary
grant to Evening Schools.
By the Elementary Education Act, 1891, schools in which the fee for each
child from 3 to 15 years of age did not exceed ten shillings a-year, were
allowed a fee grant of that amount and rendered free.

Table: But, the average number of children on the roll of the London School Board annually gives a more definite idea of the increase of elementary education in London, and for the purposes of comparison I have framed the following table:—London.

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But, the average number of children on the roll of the London School Board annually gives a more definite idea of the increase of elementary education in London, and for the purposes of comparison I have framed the following table:—

London.

Year.	Census Population	Number of Deaths from Diphtheria. Registrar General's Annual Summary, 1892.	Average number on roll of Board and Non-Board Schools.	Number of Cases of Diphtheria admitted to Hospitals of Metropolitan Asylums Board.	Number of Cases of Diphtheria notified.
1861	2,804,000	674
1862		730
1863		799
1864		611
1865		431
1866		462
1867		447
1868		495
1869		340
1870		334
1871	3,254,260	344	222,518
1872		267	240,927
1873		320	319,149
1874		419	370,794
1875		581	387,023
1876		387	405.467
1877		316	426,953
1878		566	444,322
1879		575	468,564
1880		544	483,493
1881	3,815,544	657	498,504
1882		857	519,130
1883		952	557,562
1884		951	570,280
1885		904	592,421
1886		851	591,565
1887		953	617,343
1888		1,311	628,801	(2 months) 89
1889		1,617	644,068	722	(2 months) 981
1890		1,382	653,932	942	5,870
1891	4,211,743	1,435	661,497	1,312	5,907
1892		1,885	678,309	2,009	7,781
1893		—–	700,107	2,848	13,026

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Table: But, the average number of children on the roll of the London School Board annually gives a more definite idea of the increase of elementary education in London, and for the purposes of comparison I have framed the following table:—London.