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4 belonged to St. George-in-the-East, or at the rate of -08 per 1,000.
11 belonged to Mile End Old Town, or at the rate of -09 per 1,000.
9 belonged to the Whitechapel District, or at the rate of -13 per 1,000.
The death rate throughout the whole Borough was -12 per 1,000 of the population.
Cancer.
The deaths due to Cancer were 232, or 4 less than in the previous year. This
corresponds to a death rate of '83 per 1,000 of the population.
49 belonged to the Limehouse District, or at the rate of -92 per 1,000.
34 belonged to St. George-in-the-East, or at the rate of -72 per 1,000.
88 belonged to Mile End Old Town, or at the rate of -79 per 1,000.
61 belonged to the Whitechapel District, or at the rate of -91 per 1,000.
Glanders.
Under the London (Notification of Glanders) Order, 1907, the Veteiinary
Inspector of the London County Council reported, in accordance with the provisions
of that Order, the existence of Glanders in seven stables in the Borough, in which
10 horses were affected.
Inhabited House Duty.
19 applications were received for certificates under the Inland Revenue Act,
1903, for the purpose of securing exemption from Inhabited House Duty.
Certificates were granted for 110 tenements, and refused for 11 tenements.
Verminous Persons.
2,305 verminous persons were cleansed during the year and their clothing
disinfected. 2,292 were adults—2,280 men and 12 women ; 13 children were cleansed
—12 boys and 1 girl.