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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Statistics— PAGE
Population 5
Marriages5
Marriages of minors in London, 1894 6
Births 6
Deaths 7
London mortality in the four years 1891-94, compared with the decennium 1881-90 10
Average "Life Capital" of the population of London 12
Infant mortality 13
Deaths from several classes of disease 13
Principal zymotic diseases 14
Smallpox and vaccination 15
London vaccination returns 20
Measles 20
Scarlet fever 22
Hospital accommodation 25
Scarlet fever and elementary schools 25
Diphtheria 27
Hospital accommodation 30
Diphtheria and elementary schools 30
Whooping cough 32
Typhus 33
Enteric fever 34
Diarrhœa 37
Cholera 38
Erysipelas 40
Puerperal fever 40
Influenza, bronchitis and pneumonia 41
Phthisis 42
Cancer 43
Anthrax 43
Meteorology 44
Administration—
Dairies, cowsheds and milkshops 45
Offensive trades 45
Trade nuisances 45
Nuisances 47
Smoke nuisances 47
Removal of offensive matter 47
Removal of house refuse 48
Regent's and Grand Junction canals 49
Private mews 50
Combined drainage 50
Housing of the working classes 51
Proceedings in respect of houses represented as unfit for human habitation 52
Customs and Inland Revenue Acts, 1890 and 1891 53
Workmen's trains 53
Houses let in lodgings 54
Common lodging houses 55
Underground rooms 55
Workshops 55
Bakehouses 57
Unsound food 61
The manufacture and sale of ice creams 61
Disinfection and destruction of infected articles and provision of shelters 61
Hospital provision for infectious disease 63
Spread of disease by vagrants 63
Mortuaries 64
Water supply 64
Constant water supply 65
Amendment of regulations as to water fittings 65
The London Equalisation of Rates Act, 1894 66
Sanitary condition and administration of districts 68
Medical officers of health and sanitary inspectors 68
The London Building Act, 1894 68
Metropolis Management (Plumstead and Hackney) Act, 1893 70