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The Deaths took place as follows :—
In the London Hospital 28
,, Whitechapel Infirmary 9
,, Homerton Hospital 10
,, German Hospital 3
,, King's College Hospital 2
„ Jews Hospital 1
,, Shadwell Hospital 3
,, Homoepathic Hospital 1
,, North-Eastern Fever Hospital 2
„ Brompton Hospital 1
„ Ilford Asylum 2
„ Cancer Hospital, Chelsea 1
,, Colney Hatch Asylum 1
,, Workhouse, South Grove 1
,, St. Bartholomew's Hospital 1
,, East End Mothers' Home 1
At the Several Model Dwellings 176
243
Registered Cause of Death Among the Residents
of Model Dwellings:—
From Zymotic Diseases 51
,, Constitutional Diseases 47
,, Premature Birth and Old Age 14
„ Diseases of the Nervous System 19
,, ,, ,, Circulatory 21
,, ,, ,, Respiratory 59
„ „ „ Digestive 16
„ „ „ Urinary „ 3
,, „ „ Generative 1
Accident of Childbirth 1
Disease of the Integumentary System 1
Accidental Deaths 5
Other Diseases 5
Total 243
The London
Building Act,
1894.
This important Act became Law on January 1st, 1895. I will not
attempt to deal with its provisions in this Report,
but one or two features in it may be interesting to
you. It is forbidden to erect a building nearer
than 20 ft. from the centre of the street, unless it
be upon the site of an old building, "provided
"always that no dwelling-house to be inhabited or adapted to be