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Poor Law Act, 1879—continued.
„ Mode of admission of Patients to Hospitals, under Poor
Law Board's Order of 1875 64
Asylums Board seek power to admit Patients of all classes,
without the order of a Relieving Officer, upon the certificate
of any Registered Medical Practitioner 65
Notification of Infectious Diseases (Compulsory) 66
„ Model Clause drafted by Select Committee of House of
Commons, to provide for 67
„ Bill to provide for, introduced in the House of Commons,
in 1883 68
„ Views of the President of the Local Government Board on 68
„ Provided for in Local Acts 69
„ Provision for in Regulations for Houses let in Lodgings, or
occupied by members of more than one family 69
„ Voluntary; Existing sources of information 70
„ „ Beneficial results of, evidenced by decline in
prevalence and fatality of certain diseases 72
„ „ Tables shewing mortality from principal
zymotic diseases before and after introduction
of, and provision of Hospitals. 72
„ „ Action of Public Authorities (Postal and
Police), with reference to 75
Interruption of Education at Elementary Schools, resulting from
prevalence of Infectious Diseases 80
Population of Sub-Districts, Number of Inhabited Houses, &c. 81
„ Relative Numbers of Males and Females, at different
ages, in parish, and in sub-districts, in 1881 (Tables) 82
„ Rateable Value, and Inhabited Houses, Increase of,
since 1856 83
Marriages and Marriage Rate 84
Births and Birth Rate 84
Deaths and Death Rate 85
Infantile Mortality 86
„ Among Illegitimate Children 86
Senile Mortality 87
Death Rate at Different Age-Periods (Table) 87
„ Mean Temperature, etc., Monthly 88
Death, Summary of causes of (Table) 88
Death, Assigned Causes of 89
„ Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases 90
„ „ „ Venereal Diseases 90
„ „ „ Puerperal Fever 91
„ Parasitic Diseases 91