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110
Uncertified
Deaths.
Heart Disease 1
Natural Decay 1
Syncope 1
Convulsions 3
Measles 1
Diarrhœa 1
Cancer 1
Bronchitis 1
Premature Birth 4
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Legislation. A large amount of time and energy have been
devoted by the Sanitary Committee and Medical
Officers of Health, in the drafting and considerations
of Bye.laws under the Public Health (London) Act,
1801, which imposes upon Local Sanitary Authorities,
the London County Council, and the Local Government
Board, the duty of making such Bye.laws. The
Factory and Workshops Act has also imposed additional
work on the Sanitary Authority.
Particulars of the principal sanitary works of the year
arc given in Table XIII. of the combined lteport.
The number of house to house inspections was 3,533.
Many of these separate inspections, required repeated
visits to see if the works required had been
duly and satisfactorily carried out, so that the number
only partially represents the work of the Sanitary
Inspectors, 658 first notices were served to remedv
defects and abate nuisances, for which 50 second
notices Avere required to be served. A great amount of
work has been carried out on requisition without
necessitating the service of notices, and does not
therefore appear in the Table; 279 rooms in 217
houses were disinfected after infectious diseases. In all
instances, the fumigation was carried out by the agency
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