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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Part I.— page
Population 5
Marriages 5
Births 6
Deaths 7
Rate of mortality in the several metropolitan boroughs 8
London mortality in 1901 compared with the mortality in the decennium 1891-1900 9
Infant mortality 11
From certain diseases and groups of diseases 13
Principal epidemic diseases 15
Smallpox and vaccination 16
Measles 12
Scarlet fever 16
Scarlet fever and elementary schools 28
Age and sex distribution 28
Diphtheria 29
Diphtheria and elementary schools 32
Age and sex distribution 33
Whooping cough 33
Typhus 35
Enteric fever 35
Age and sex distribution 38
D.arrhoea 39
Puerperal fever 40
Influenza, bronchitis and pneumonia 41
Phthisis 42
London death rates compared with England and Wales 43
In relation to overcrowding 50
Cancer 47
In relation to overcrowding 50
Bubonic plague 50
Anthrax 50
Glanders 50
Infectious disease in relation to the age of attendance at school 50
Meteorology 52
Part II.—
Dairies, cowsheds and milkshops 53
Offensive businesses 57
Nuisances 60
Smole nuisances 60
Removal of offensive matter 61
Pollution of rivers and canals 61
Housing of the Working Classes Act 61
Proceedings under Part I. of the Act 62
Schemes undertaken by district authorities under Part 11. the County Council contributing to the
cost 62
Proceedings of the County Council under Part III. of the Act 62
Re-housing by the Council in connection with street improvements 63
Proceedings in respect of houses represented under Part IV. of the Act at unfit for human habitation 64
Death rates of persons resident in the County Council's dwellings 64
Houses let in lodgings 65
Common lodging houses 66
Seamen's lodging houses 68
Customs and Inland Revenue Acts, 1890, 1891 69
Underground rooms 70
Overcrowding 71
Factory and Workshop Act, 1901 71
Unsound food 74
Sale of ice cream 75
Ice and cold storage 77
Pollution of watercress beds 77
Disinfection 77
Shelters 77
Mortuaries 78
Cleansing of Persons Act 78
Legislation in 1904 79
Midwives Act 79
Conference on the administration of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 80
London Equalisation of Rates Act, 1894 83
Inter-departmental Committee on Physical Deterioration 84
Appkndices—
I.—Report by Dr. Hamer on the use of ice and on cold storage in London.
II.—Report on watercress and watercress-beds in the neighbourhood of London.
III.—Report of the Medical Officer (Education) for the year eaded 31st March, 1905.