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Meaning of the phrase "Previous Sewage Contamination" 38
Objectionable Mode of Expressing the Composition of Water
in Tons 40
Average Amount of Water Supplied Daily to London 43
Prospective Constant Service of Water, and Conditions
Thereof . 44
Summary of the Provisions of the "Metropolitan Water Act,
1871." 44
Penalties to which Consumers are liable for Wasting or
Fouling Water 46
Sanatary Work of the Year 48
Number of Inspections of Houses, &c., by each of the Inspectors
during the Year 49
Number of Ships Inspected during the Year 50
Necessity for a More Effective Inspection of Ships in the
Port of London 51
Disinfecting Chambers, and Mortuary of the City 54
Proceedings to be taken for removal of Dead Bodies from the
Houses of the Poor 55
Number of Articles Disinfected, and of Dead Bodies received
at the Mortuary 57
Inspection of Meat and Markets 57
Quantity of Meat and Fish Condemned 58
Number of Convictions during the year 59
APPENDIX
Table No. I. Census of City in 1841—1871.
„ II. Births, Deaths, and Marriages.
„ III. Annual Enumeration of Births.
„ IV. to No. VII. Mortality Tables.
„ VIII. Meteorology of the City in 1871.
„ IX. Account of Sanitary Work in 1871.
„ X. and No. XI. Account of Meat and of Fish seized in
1871.
„ XII. and No. XIII. Lists of Slaughter Houses and
Cow Houses in the City.
„ XIV. to No. XIX. Modes of Proceeding and Forms of
Certificates, &c., for removing Dead Bodies
from the Houses of the Poor.