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CONTENTS.
I. Mortality of the City of London page 4
II. The Causes and Prevention of Endemic
Disease 33
A. Sub-soil Drainage, House-Drainage and
Sewerage ib.
B. Water-Supply 40
C. Offensive or injurious Trades 72
D. Burial-Grounds 81
E. Habitations and Social Condition of the
Poor 84
III. Suggested Alterations in the Act of
Parliament 101
Appendix.
No. I. Questions addressed to the eleven UnionSurgeons
of the City of London, with
respect to the health of their several
Districts during the past Year, and their
Replies there-unto 109
No. II. Analysis of the Year's Mortality, as to the
Four Quarters of the Year, and as to
the several Districts and Sub-Districts
of the City 115
No. III. Deaths of the last Two Years, stated
separately and conjointly, classified according
to Ages, and distributed in
Unions 116
No. IV. Illustrations of Comparative Mortality in
several Districts and Counties of England,
as occurring at all Ages, and as
occurring under Five Years of Age 117
No. V. Comparative prevalence, in the several
Wards of the City, of such Deaths as
particularly depend on local circumstances
119
No. VI. Letter by Mr. Thomas Taylor, Lecturer
on Chemistry, as to the Chemical Qualities
of certain Waters 120