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PROF. T. CARNELLEY, MR. J. S. HALDANE, AND DR, A. M. ANDERSON 
Table of the Chemical, Physical, and Death-Rate Statistics referring to Different 
Classes of Houses. 
Ph m 
K cfl 
rt "3 
< c3 
ca 
A 
O 
Total estimated population ..... 
Average number of persons per room . . 
Space per person (in cubic feet) .... 
Average temperature (° Fahr.) .... 
Carbonic acid (vols. per 10,000) .... 
Oxidisable organic matter (0 required 
1,000,000 vols. of air) 
Total micro-organisms. 
Bacteria. 
Moulds. 
per 
- 4-2 
a 
F-< 
c3 
<v 
Q 
P # General death-rate. 
j Death-rate of children under 5 years of age 
J Ditto of all above 5 years of age . . . 
Ditto of all above 20 „ „ . . . 
Ditto of all above 70 ,, „ . . . 
Ditto of all above 80 „ „ . . . 
<D . 
0 0> 
a nj 
<v 
Of all who died. 
Of all who died above 70 years . . . 
Of all who died above 20 „ ... 
Of all who died below 20 ,, ... 
XOf all who died above 5 „ ... 
Of all who died below 5 „ ... 
Of all who died between 5 and 20 years 
O) 
T3 
d 
ci 
-a 
so 
d 
f Deaths from under mentioned causes 
f§ Diarrhoea. 
§|| Measles. 
§Convulsions. 
Accidents (including overlaying). 
Premature birth and debility during first days 
of life 
§Acute bronchitis and broncho-pneumonia 
Chronic bronchitis. 
Croupous pneumonia. 
§Meningitis. 
§|| Hooping-cough. 
Tumours. 
Heart (valvular) disease. 
PPhthisis. 
| Apoplexy, thrombosis and embolism of vessels 
<j of brain 
| §Diphtheria and croup. 
(_“01dage”. 
B 
r 
<v 
GO 
fcJD-P 
.2 d 
tSJ Ol 
3 "P 
o o 
01 0 
a « 
O -3 
D 
Suicide. 
Septicaemia (including puerperal) . 
Scarlet fever. 
Erysipelas. 
Typhus fever. 
Typhoid fever. 
Intestinal obstruction. 
Peritonitis. 
Acute and chronic Bright’s disease 
Chronic bone and joint disease . . 
f Pare diseases. 
E •< Unsatisfactory certificates .... 
L Deaths which could not be classified . 
No. of 
cases. 
Whole 
popula¬ 
tion. 
Houses. 
4- 
roomed 
and 
upwards. 
3- 
roomed. 
2- 
roomed. 
1- 
roomed. 
1- and 2- 
roomed, 
including 
Infirmary 
and Poor- 
houses. 
•• 
150,329 
23,007 
22,087 
79,825 
25,410 
.. 
60 
, # 
1-3 
• • 
3-4 
6-6 
. . 
60 
, , 
1833 
, , 
249 
212 
, , 
43 
, , 
54* 
. . 
53* 
55 
. . 
59 
, , 
7 7 
.. 
99 
11-2 
. . 
58 
•• 
45 
10T 
15 7 
•• 
59 
90 
« • 
460 
60-0 
46 
. . 
85 
• • 
430 
58-0 
, . 
46 
•• 
0-4 
• • 
2-2 
1-2 
•• 
Per 1000. 
3119 
20-7 
12 3 
17-2 
18-8 
2P4 
23-3 
1347 
90 
33 
5-8 
9-8 
123 
108 
1772 
11-7 
90 
11-4 
90 
91 
125 
1419 
94 
8-2 
8-9 
73 
85 
9-8 
293 
1-9 
2-4 
21 
1-4 
1-3 
1-4 
75 
0*5 
065 
0-77 
039 
0-20 
0-41 
3119 
24-5f 
400 
306 
21-3 
20-9 
23-9 
293 
76-3 
76 9 
77-2 
76-9 
74-6 
760 
1419 
536 
57-7 
54-4 
5P6 
548 
52T 
1619 
25 
4-5 
4-4 
2-2 
1-8 
2-3 
1732 
45-2 
51-7 
455 
430 
48-2 
44-1 
1306 
IT 
1-4 
1-2 
IT 
09 
10 
313 
9-2 
11-7 
12-2 
8-3 
7-0 
8-3 
Per 10,000 living. 
253 
169 
61 
113 
17-4 
264 
T20-21 
94 
63 
1-3 
3-6 
7-0 
9-1 
[7-9‘ 
78 
52 
1-7 
2-3 
6-5 
6-7 
[6-6] 
93 
62 
1-7 
1-8 
3-4 
146 
83 
177 
IPS 
30 
6-3 
13-4 
170 
[14-8] 
224 
14-9 
7-8 
9-5 
13-4 
26-7 
[17-61 
159 
10-6 
6-3 
9-5 
8-1 
16-5 
118 
155 
103 
3-5 
66 
12-7 
95 
12 5 
122 
8T 
5-7 
6-8 
8-9 
6-7 
8-9 
99 
65 
0-9 
6-8 
83 
6-3 
[7'81 
73 
42 
2-2 
3-6 
41 
31 
i 5-7 
159 
10-6 
91 
95 
8-4 
9-4 
111 
369 
246 
130 
27-6 
24-4 
14 6 
264 
160 
10-7 
17-4 
5-9 
69 
79 
102 
93 
62 
70 
4-1 
69 
31 
6*5 
150 
100 
8-7 
12-7 
55 
75 
9-7 
7 
0-5 
0-4 
04 
04 
0-4 
05 
14 
0-9 
0-4 
0-4 
05 
04 
IT 
10 
0-7 
1-3 
09 
0-25 
0-8 
0-5 
11 
07 
P3 
09 
0 4 
0-8 
06 
2 
01 
0 
0 
01 
04 
02 
13 
0 9 
04 
1-8 
09 
0 
0-8 
16 
IT 
0 
0-9 
0-6 
24 
1-3 
21 
1-4 
04 
5-0 
0-6 
0-4 
0-9 
41 
27 
09 
41 
2-8 
0-8 
2-8 
29 
1-9 
1-8 
1-4 
1-6 
OS 
2-1 
130 
86 
5-6 
7-7 
8-2 
5-9 
95 
245 
16-3 
14-7 
19-9 
17-5 
14 6 
122 
81 
* * 
• ‘ 
•* 
•• 
* Death-rates for 1884:—Edinburgh, 19'7; London, 20'3 ; Birmingham, 21‘4; Leeds, 24'2 ; Liverpool, 25'2; Manchester, 
26 4 ; Glasgow, 26'9. Death-rates for 1883 :—London, 22*7; English Towns, 19'6-26'7 ; Copenhagen, 21'4; Paris 25'3 • 
Berlin, 26'9 ; Vienna, 29 5. 
f Mean age at death for all England is about 40 4 (Pakkes, p. 522). 
j Mean age at death of all who died above 5 was (from 1875-81) in London, 49 3; Paris, 47 2; Vienna, 441; and Berlin, 43 6. 
§ Chiefly children. 
|| The majority of deaths by measles and hooping-cough are due to secondary broncho-pneumonia. 
