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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Statistics— page
Population 5
Marriages 7
Marriages of minors in London, 1895 7
Births 7
Deaths 8
London mortality in the five years 1891-95, compared with the decennium 1881-90 11
Infant mortality 12
Deaths from several classes of disease 13
Principal zymotic diseases 14
Smallpox and vaccination 15
London vaccination returns 21
Measles 22
Scarlet fever 25
Age and sex distribution 25
Seasonal variation in fatality 26
The use of hospitals 29
Scarlet fever and elementary schools 29
Diphtheria 32
Age and sex distribution 32
Seasonal variation in fatality 33
The use of hospitals 34
Diphtheria and elementary schools 34
Whooping cough 36
Typhus 37
Enteric fever 38
Diarrhoea 41
Cholera 42
Erysipelas 43
Puerperal fever 43
Influenza, bronchitis and pneumonia 44
Phthisis 45
Cancer 45
Anthrax 46
Meteorology 48
Administration—
Dairies, cowsheds and milkshops 49
Offensive trades 49
Nuisances 49
Trade nuisances 49
Complaints as to nuisance 50
Smoke nuisances 50
Removal of refuse matter 51
House refuse 52
Regent's canal 54
Combined drains 54
Housing of the working classes 55
Proceedings in respect of houses represented as unfit for human habitation 57
Customs and Inland Revenue Acts, 1890 and 1891 58
Workmen's trains 58
The Regulation of houses let in lodgings 58
Common lodging-houses 59
Underground rooms 60
Factories and workshops 60
Unsound food 64
The manufacture and sale of ice-cream 65
The effect of food derived from tuberculous animals 65
Water supply 66
Water fittings 68
Proceedings of the Council as to London water supply 68
Height of supply 69
Constant water supply 69
Disinfection 69
Accommodation for temporary shelter 70
Hospital provision for infectious disease 70
Mortuaries 71
The London Equalisation of Rates Act, 1894 71
Sanitary condition of districts 73
Medical officers of health and sanitary inspectors 73
Bylaws under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 74