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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Part I.— page
Population 5
Marriages 5
Births 6
Deaths 6
Rates of mortality in the several metropolitan boroughs 9
London mortality in 1903 compared with the mortality in the decennium 1891-1900 10
Infant mortality 11
Deaths from certain diseases and groups of diseases 12
Principal epidemic diseases 13
Smallpox and vaccination 15
Measles 20
Scarlet fever22
Scarlet fever and elementary schools 24
Age and sex distribution 24
Diphtheria 25
Diphtheria and elementary schools 28
Age and sex distribution 29
Whooping cough 29
Typhus 30
Enteric fever 31
Age and sex distribution 35
Diarrhoea 36
Erysipelas36
Puerperal fever 37
Influenza, bronchitis and pneumonia 38
Phthisis 39
Cancer 41
Bubonic plaguo 43
Meteorology 43
Part II.—
Dairies, cowsheds and milkshops 44
Offensive businesses 46
Nuisances 47
Smoke nuisances 47
Flooding of basements 47
Housing of the Working Classes Act 48
Representations under Part I. of the Housing of the Working Glasses Act 48
Schemes under Part I. of the Act 49
Schemes undertaken by the County Council under Part II. of the Act 49
Schemes undertaken by district authorities under Part II. of the Act, the County Council contributing
to the cost 49
Proceedings of the County Council under Part III. of the Act 49
Erection of dwellings by the Council in connection with clearances under other Acts50
Proceeaings in respect of houses represented under Part II. of the Act as unfit for human
habitation 52
Death rates of persons resident in the County Council's dwellings53
Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1903 53
Houses let in lodgings 53
Houses adapted as tenement houses 57
Common lodging-houses 57
Seamen's lodging houses 61
Customs and Inland Revenue Acts, 1890 and 1891 61
Underground rooms62
The admininistration of the Factory and Workshop Act62
Inspection of food, etc.71
Ice cream 71
Unsound food 71
Manufacture of aerated waters 72
Disinfection72
Shelters 73
Mortuaries 73
Water supply 74
The London Equalisation of Rates Act, 1894 75
Sanitary officers76
Medical officers of health of metropolitan boroughs in 1903 77
Appekdicbs—
I.—Report on prevalences of enteric fever in London at the close of 1903.
II.—Report on houses adapted as tenement houses.
III.—Report on the manufacture of aerated waters in London.
IV.—Report on the sanitary staffs of the metropolitan boroughs.