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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Statistics— pagB
Population 5
Marriages 5
Marriages of minors in London, 1896 6
Births 6
Deaths 7
London mortality in the six years 1891-6, compared with the decennium 1881-90 9
Infant mortality 11
Deaths from several classes of disease 12
Principal zymotic diseases 13
Smallpox and vaccination 14
London vaccination returns 21
Measles 23
Scarlet fever 28
Scarlet fever and elementary schools 31
Proportion of cases and deaths in hospitals 32
Age and sex distribution 32
Seasonal variations in fatality 32
Seasonal variations in age distribution 33
Diphtheria 34
Diphtheria and elementary schools 36
Proportion of cases and deaths in hospitals 38
Age and sex distribution 38
Use of anti-toxic serum 39
Seasonal variations in fatality 40
Seasonal variations in age distribution 41
Whooping cough 42
Typhus 43
Enteric fever 44
Age and sex distribution 46
Diarrhoea 47
Cholera 48
Erysipelas 49
Puerperal fever 50
Influenza, bronchitis and pneumonia 50
Phthisis 51
Cancer 51
Anthrax 51
Bubonic plague 52
Meteorology 52
Administration—
Dairies, cowsheds and milkshops 52
Offensive trades 53
Complaints to the London County Council 53
Nuisances 53
Trade nuisances 53
Smoke nuisances 54
Nuisance from deposit of offensive matter 55
Nuisance from stable manure 55
Removal of offensive refuse 55
Removal of house refuse 56
Dust shoots 58
Nuisance from sewer ventilators 58
Housing of the working classes 58
Schemes undertaken by the Council under Part I. of the Act 58
Schemes undertaken by the Council with cantributions by district authorities 59
Schemes undertaken by district authorities with contributions by the Council 59
Alleged insanitary area in Westminster 59
Snows-fields, Bermondsey, area 60
Proceedings in respect of houses represented as unfit for human habitation 60
Working class dwellings in Plumstead 60
Millbankprison site 61
Areas specially described in the reports of medical officers of health 61
Amendment of the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890 62
The regulation of houses let in lodgings 63
Common lodging-houses 65
Parker-street common lodging-house 66
Customs and Inland Revenue Acts, 1890 and 1891 66
Underground rooms 67
Factories and workshops 67
The inspection of bakehouses 69
Unsound food 69
The manufacture and sale of ice-cream 70