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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Part I.— PAGE
Population
Marriages 1
Marriages of minors in London, 1898 1
Births 2
Deaths 3
London mortality in the eight years 1891-8, compared with the decennium 1881-90 5
Infant mortality 9
Deaths from several classes of disease
Principal zymotic diseases 12
Smallpox and vaccination 13
London vaccination returns 15
The Vaccination Act, 1898 15
Measles
Scarlet fever 19
Scarlet fever and elementary schools 21
Proportion of cases and deaths in hospitals 22
Age and sex distribution 22
Diphtheria 23
Diphtheria and elementary schools 27
Proportion of cases and deaths in hospitals 30
Age and sex distribution 30
Use of anti-toxic serum 30
Whooping cough 33
Typhus 34
Enteric fever 35
Age and sex distribution 38
Diarrhoea 38
Cholera 39
Erysipelas
Puerperal fever 41
Influenza, bronchitis and pneumonia 42
Phthisis 42
Cancer 43
Glanders 44
Anthrax 44
Plague 45
Meteorology 45
Part II.—
Mortality and overcrowding 45
The reduction of prevalence of diphtheria and scarlet fever in the month of August 47
The administration necessary for the limitation of the spread of infectious disease by schools 48
Seasonal variation in age-incidence and fatality of infectious disease 50
Bacteriology as an aid to diagnosis 55
Part III.—
Dairies, cowsheds and milkshops 56
Offensive businesses 56
Complaints to the London County Council 56
Nuisances 56
Trade nuisances 56
Smoke nuisances 57
Nuisance from stable manure 58
Removal of offensive refuse 59
Removal of house refuse 59
Disposal of house refuse 61
Flooding from sewers 61
Nuisance from sewer ventilators . 62
Combined drains 62
Housing of the working classes 62
Schemes undertaken by the Council under Part I. of the Act 62
Schemes undertaken by the Council with contributions by district authorities 64
Other proceedings under the Housing of the Working Classes Act 65
Proceedings in respect of houses represented as unfit for human habitation. 66
The regulation of houses let in lodgings 68
Common lodging-houses 71
Customs and Inland Revenue Acts, 1890 and 1891 73
Underground rooms 73
Factories and workshops 73
The inspection of bakehouses 74
The preparation in London of food for sale 74
Unsound food 75
Disinfection 78
Provision of shelter during disinfection 78