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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
part I. page
Populations 5
Marriages 5
Of minors per cent. of total marriages 5
Births 6
Rates per 1,000 persons living and per 100 married females (aged 15-45) in sanitary areas 6
Rates in registration districts per 1,000 persons living in successive decennia 7
Comparative figures for certain large towns 8
In relation to overcrowding 9
Deaths 9
Rates in large English towns 9
Rates in certain foreign cities 10
Rates in the several London sanitary areas 10
Deaths at ages in London sanitary areas 11
London mortality in 1905 compared with the mortality in the decennium 1891-1900 11
Infant mortality 13
Deaths at "all ages" from certain diseases and groups of diseases 19
Rates from specified causes in London sanitary areas 20
Principal epidemic diseases 20
Smallpox and vaccination 22
London vaccination returns 25
Number of certificates of conscientious objection per cent. of births 26
Measles 26
In relation to overcrowding 28
Scarlet fever 31
Scarlet fever and elementary schools 33
Age and sex distribution 34
Diphtheria 35
Comparative case rates in London sanitary areas 36
Diphtheria and elementary schools 37
Age and sex distribution 38
Whooping cough 39
Typhus 41
Enteric fever 42
Age and sex distribution 43
Diarrhœ 44
Erysipelas 45
Puerperal fever 47
Influenza, bronchitis and pneumonia 48
Phthisis 48
Death rates in London sanitary areas 49
In relation to overcrowding 50
Cancer 51
Death rates in London sanitary areas 51
In relation to overcrowding 53
Cerebro-spinal fever 54
Anthrax 54
Glanders 54
Meteorology 54
Part II.—
Dairies, cowsheds and milkshops 55
Tuberculosis of the udder in cows 55
Offensive businesses 57
Nuisances 59
Smoke nuisances 59
Nuisance from stable manure 59
Removal of house refuse 60
Removal of offensive matter 60
Nuisance from sewers 61
Nuisance from rivers and canals 61
Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890 61
Proceedings under Part I. of the Act 61
Proceedings under Part II. of the Act 62
Scheme undertaken by a district council under Part II. of the Act, the County Council contributing
to the cost 62
Proceedings under Part III. of the Act 62
Housing in connection with street improvements 62
Proceedings by district councils under Part III. of the Act 63
Proceedings in respect of houses represented under Part II. of the Act ai unfit for human habitation 63
Death rates among persons resident in County Council dwellings 64
Houses let in lodgings 64
Houses infested with vermin 65
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