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Water supply 81
Constant water supply 83
The London Equalization of Rates Act, 1894 83
Special inquiries undertaken by the Public Health Department in 1899 84
Sanitary administration of Kensington 84
Sanitary condition of cemeteries and burial grounds 84
The London Government Act, 1899 84
Medical officers of health of London sanitary districts in 1899 86
Appendices—
I.—Statistics relating to notifiable disease in the sanitary areas of London (as constituted bv the
London Government Act, 1899) in the nine years 1891-99.
II.— Report on the sanitary condition and administration of Kensington.
III.—Report on the sanitary condition of cemeteries and burial-grounds in and near London.
LIST OF DIAGRAMS.
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Diagram I.—Marriages, 1851-99 1
,, II—Births, 1851-99 1
„ III.—Deaths, 1841-99 3
,, IV.—Smallpox, 1841-99 16
,, V.—Measles, 1841-99 18
,, VI.—Scarlet fever, 1859-99 21
„ VII.—Scarlet fever; admissions to and deaths in hospitals of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board, per cent. of the total cases and deaths in London 21
„ VIII.—Scarlet fever; weekly notifications at certain age periods, 1899 24
„ IX.—Diphtheria and croup, 1859-99 25
,, X.—Diphtheria; admissions to and deaths in hospitals of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board, per cent. of total cases and deaths in London 25
„ XI.—Diphtheria; weekly notifications at certain age periods, 1899 31
„ XII.—Whooping cough, 1841-99 34
„ XIII.—Typhus, 1869-99 36
„ XIV.—Enteric fever, 1869-99 38
„ XV.—Diarrhœ in relation to mean temperature (summer quarter), 1841-99 38
„ XVI.—Enteric fever; weekly notifications, 1899, and mean weekly notifications,
1890-99 41
„ XVII.—Mortality from "all causes," from "phthisis," and from "all causes
excluding phthisis," at certain age-periods in relation to "overcrowding " 47
„ XVIII.—Scarlet fever; monthly notifications and case mortality, 1891-99 50
„ XIX.—Diphtheria; monthly notifications and case mortality, 1891-99 50
„ XX.—Enteric fever; monthly notifications and case mortality, 1891-99 50