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The Cleansing of Persons Act 79
Mortuaries 79
Sunlight in streets 80
Water supply 80
Constant supply 83
The River Lea 83
The London Equalization of Rates Act, 1894 83
Sanitary administration of districts 84
Transfer of powers 85
Medical officers of health and sanitary inspectors 85
Medical officers of health of London sanitary districts in 1898 86
Appendices—
I.—Report on the preparation and sale of food in London.
II.—Report as to the provision of public slaughterhouses in London.
I IT.—Report on the inspection of milk and meat.
IV.—Report on disinfection and destruction of infected articles and disinfection of rooms.
V.- Report on mortuary accommodation.
VI.—Report on the condition of Reidhaven-road district, Plumstead.
VII.—Report on the sanitary condition of St. Pancras.
VIII.—Report on the sanitary staffs of London sanitary authorities.
IX.—Memorandum relating to the occurrence of cases of diphtheria at the Council's Fire Brigade
station, Sun-street, Woolwich.
LIST OF DIAGRAMS.
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Diagram I.—Marriages, 1851-98 1
II.—Births, 1851-98 1
III.—Deaths, 1841-98 3
IV.—Smallpox, 1841-98 13
,, V.—Measles, 1841-98 16
„ VI.—Scarlet fever, 1859-98 19
„ VII.—Scarlet fever; admissions to and deaths in hospitals of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board, per cent. of the total cases and deaths in London 19
„ VIII.—Scarlet fever ; weekly notifications at certain age periods, 1898 21
„ IX.—Diphtheria and croup, 1859-98 23
„ X.—Diphtheria; admissions to and deaths in hospitals of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board, per cent. of total cases and deaths in London 23
„ XI.—Diphtheria; weekly notifications at certain age periods, 1898 29
„ XII.—Scarlet fever; monthly notifications and case mortality, 1891-98 31
,, XIII.—Diphtheria; monthly notifications and case mortality, 1891-98 31
„ XIV.—Whooping cough, 1841-98 33
XV.—Typhus, 1869-98 34
„ XVI.—Enteric fever, 1869-98 36
„ XVII.—Diarrhoea in relation to mean temperature (summer quarter), 1841-98 36
„ XVIII.—Enteric fever; weekly notifications, 1898, and mean weekly notifications,
1890-98 36
„ XIX.—Mortality from phthisis at certain age-periods in relation to " overcrowding " 46
„ XX.—" Overcrowding " in relation to mortality from certain diseases at " all ages " 47
„ XXI.—Mortality from "all causes " and from "all causes excluding phthisis," at
certain age-periods in relation to " overcrowding" 47
„ XXII.—Diphtheria; mean monthly notifications at certain age-periods 1892-98 48
,, XXIII.—Diagram showing seasonal variations in prevalence, case-mortality, age-
distribution, &c., of measles, whooping cough, scarlet fever and diphtheria 55