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TABLE OF CONTENTS—continued.
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Houses let in Lodgings 68
Water supply to tenement houses 69
Houses infested with Vermin 69
Revenue Act, 1903 70
Underground Rooms 71
Overcrowding 71
Factory and Workshop Act, 1901 71
Table showing proceedings of sanitary authorities under the Factory and Workshop Act. 72
Places where Food is Prepared for Sale 75
Sale of Ice Cream 75
Inspection of Food 76
Disinfection 78
Shelters 78
Mortuaries 78
Cleansing of Persons Act, 1897 79
London Equalisation of Rates Act, 1894 80
Midwives Act, 1902 81
Water Supply 92
Sanitary Inspectors 93
Education (Administrative Provisions) Act, 1907 93
Medical Inspection of School Children 93
Medical Officers of Health of London Sanitary Areas 94
Appendices—
I.—Report on Cerebro-spinal Fever.
II.—Report on Nuisance from Flies.
III.—Report on Homeless Persons in London.
IV.—Report on the Sanitary Staffs of the Metropolitan Sanitary Authorities.
LIST OF DIAGRAMS.
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Diagram I.—Marriages, 1851-1907 6
„ II.—Births, 1851-1907 6
,, III.—Deaths (all causes) 1841-1907 8
,, IV.—Infant Mortality, 1858-1907 15
,, V.—Smallpox {mortality) 1841-1907 23
,, VI.—Measles (mortality) 1841-1907 26
,, VII.—Measles and Whooping-cough (monthly deaths) 1891-1907 27
,, VIII.—Scarlet Fever (mortality) 1859-1907 30
,, IX.—Scarlet Fever (admissions to hospitals of Metropolitan Asylums Board, per cent, of
total notified cases in London) 1890-1907 30
,, X.—Scarlet Fever (monthly notified cases and case-mortality) 1891-1907 31
„ XI.—Diphtheria and Croup (mortality) 1859-1907 33
,, XII.—Diphtheria (admission to hospitals of Metropolitan Asylums Board, per cent, of total
notified cases in London) 1890-1907 33
,, XIII.—Diphtheria {monthly notified cases and case-mortality) 1891-1907 34
,, XIV.—Whooping-cough (mortality) 1841-1907 37
„ XV.—Typhus (mortality) 1869-1907 39
„ XVI.—Enteric Fever (mortality) 1869-1907 40
,, XVII.—Enteric Fever (weekly notified casts, 1907, and mean iveekly notified cases, 1890-1907) 40
,, XVIII.—Enteric Fever (monthly notified cases and case-mortality) 1891-1907 41
,, XIX.—Diarrhoea, Dysentery and Cholera (mortality) 1841-1907 42
,, XX.—Phthisis (mortality—males and females) 1851-1907 47