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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Part I.— paee
Population 1
Marriages 1
Births 1
Deaths 3
London mortality in the nine years 1891-9, compared, with the decennium 1881-90 5
Infant mortality 12
Deaths from several classes of disease 13
Principal zymotic diseases 15
Smallpox and vaccination 16
London vaccination returns 17
Measles 18
Scarlet fever 21
Scarlet fever and elementary schools 23
Proportion of cases and deaths in hospitals 24
Age and sex distribution 24
Diphtheria 25
Bacteriological examination 29
Use of anti-toxic serum 30
Diphtheria and elementary schools 30
Proportion of eases and deaths in hospitals 33
Age and sex distribution 33
Whooping cough 34
Typhus 35
Enteric fever 38
Age and sex distribution 41
Diarrhœa 42
Cholera 43
Erysipelas 43
Puerperal fever 44
Influenza, bronchitis and pneumonia 45
Phthisis 46
Cancer 49
Glanders 50
Bubonic plague 50
Statistics relating to notified diseases in London sanitary districts, as constituted by the London
Government Act, 1899 51
Meteorology 51
Part II.—
Dairies, cowsheds and nilkshops 51
Tubercular disease of the udder of the cow 51
Offensive businesses 54
Complaints to the London County Council 54
Nuisances 54
Trade nuisances 54
Smoke nuisance 54
Nuisance from stable manure 55
Removal of offensive matter 56
Removal of house refuse 57
Deposit and disposal of refuse 58
Flooding from sewers 59
Nuisance from sewer ventilators 59
Combined drains 60
Deposit of plans of drainage 60
The river Lea 60
Housing of the working classes 60
Schemes undertaken by the Council under Part I. of the Act, or by the Metropolitan Board of
Works under the Artisans' and Labourers' Dwellings Act, 1875 62
Schemes undertaken by the Council under Part II. of the Act 63
Schemes undertaken by district authorities under Part II. of the Act to the cost of which the
Council contributed 64
Sites acquired under Part III. of the Act 64
Size of rooms 64
Proceedings in respect of houses represented as unfit for human habitation 65
Small Dwellings Acquisition Act, 1899 66
The regulation of houses let in lodgings 67
Common lodging-houses 71
Customs and Inland Revenue Acts, 1890 and 1891 76
Underground rooms 76
Factories and workshops 77
Bakehouses 77
Places where food is prepared for sale 77
Inspection of food 78
Disinfection 80
Provision of shelter during disinfection 80
The Cleansing of Persons Act 81
Mortuaries 81