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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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Population 5
Marriages 5
Marriages of minors in London, 1897 5
Births 6
Deaths 7
London mortality in the seven years 1891-7 compared with the decennium 1881-90 9
Infant mortality 13
Deaths from several classes of disease 15
Principal zymotic diseases 16
Smallpox and vaccination 18
London vaccination returns 23
Measles 23
Scarlet fever 27
Scarlet fever and elementary schools 29
Proportion of cases and deaths in hospitals 30
Age and sex distribution 31
Seasonal variation in age distribution 31
Seasonal variation in fatality 32
Diphtheria 33
Diphtheria and elementary schools 35
Proportion of cases and deaths in hospitals 37
Bacteriology as an aid to diagnosis 37
Age and sex distribution 37
Use of anti-toxic serum 37
Seasonal variation in age distribution 38
Seasonal variation in fatality 39
Whooping cough 39
Typhus 40
Enteric fever 41
Age and sex distribution 43
Diarrhoea 44
Cholera 45
Erysipelas 46
Puerperal fever 47
Influenza, bronchitis and pneumonia 47
Phthisis 47
Phthisis and overcrowding 48
Cancer 49
Glanders 50
Anthrax 50
Meteorology 50
Administration-
Dairies, cowsheds and milkshops 51
Offensive businesses 51
Unregistered offensive businesses 52
Complaints to the London County Council 52
Nuisances 52
Trade nuisances 52
Smoke nuisances 53
Nuisance from stable manure 53
Removal of offensive refuse 54
Removal of house refuse 55
Disposal of house refuse 58
Nuisance from sewer ventilators 58
Flooding from sewers 59
House drainage 60
Housing of the Working Classes 61
Schemes undertaken by the Council under Part I. of the Act 61
Schemes undertaken by the Council with contributions by district authorities 61
Schemes undertaken by district authorities with contributions by the Council 61
Other proceedings under the Housing of the Working Classes Act 61
Proceedings in respect of houses represented as unfit for human habitation 62
Areas specially described in the reports of medical officers of health 63
The regulation of houses let in lodgings 64
Common lodging-houses 68
Customs and Inland Revenue Acts, 1890 and 1891 70
Underground rooms 70
Factories and workshops 70
The inspection of bakehouses 72
Unsound food 73
Sewage-contaminated oysters and other shell fish 74
Disinfection
74
Provision for shelter during disinfection 75