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Water supply 70
Water fittings 70
The London Equalization of Rates Act, 1894 70
Sanitary Officers (London) Order, 1891 72
Medical officers of health of London sanitary districts in 1900 73
Appendices—
I.—Report on certain localised prevalences of enteric fever in London, 1900.
II.—The signs and symptoms of plague.
LIST OF DIAGRAMS.
FACING PAGE.
Diagram I.—Marriages, 1851-1900 3
„ II.—Births, 1851-1900 3
,, III.—Deaths, 1841-1900 5
„ .—Smallpox, 1841-1900 14
„ V.—Average weekly deaths from smallpox, measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria,
whooping cough and enteric fever 15
„ VI.—Age-incidence of smallpox, measles and whooping cough in successive
decennia 17
„ VII.—Measles, 1841-1900 18
„ VIII.—Scarlet fever, 1859-1900 22
„ IX.—Scarlet fever; admissions to and deaths in hospitals of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board, per cent.of the total cases and deaths in London 22
„ X.—Scarlet fever; monthly notifications and case mortality, 1891-1900 23
„ XI.—Scarlet fever; weekly notifications at certain age periods, 1900 24
„ XII.—Diphtheria and croup, 1859-1900 25
„ XIII.—Diphtheria; admissions to and deaths in hospitals of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board, per cent. of total cases and deaths in London 25
,, XIV.—Diphtheria; monthly notifications and case mortality, 1891-1900 25
„ XV.—Diphtheria; weekly notifications at certain age periods, 1900 31
„ XVI.—Whooping cough, 1841-1900 33
XVII.—Typhus, 1869-1900 34
„ XVI11.—Enteric fever, 1869-1900 35
„ XIX.—Diarrhoea in relation to mean temperature (summer quarter), 1841-1900 35
,, XX.—Enteric fever ; monthly notifications and case mortality, 1891-1900 35
„ XXI.—Enteric fever ; weekly notifications, 1900, and mean weekly notifications,
1890-1900 35
Chart A.—Showing London sanitary districts with increase and decrease of population in
1891-1901 2