The Annual Report on the Health of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington, during the year 1874

by T. Orme Dudfield

GAS.

During the first half of the year the parish was supplied with cannel gas of 20 candle lighting power, and at the increased price of six shillings and threepence per thousand cubic feet. Since July common coal gas of 16 candles has been exclusively supplied at a charge of five shillings per thousand. The subjoined table, taken from the quarterly returns of the chief gas examiner, shows the results of the daily testings of the gas supplied by the Gas Light and Coke Company, at the testing station at 123, Ladbroke Grove, Notting Hill:—

Month.	Illuminating power in SpermCandles.	Amount of Impurity.			Number of Examinations.
		Sulphuretted Hydrogen.	Ammonia per 100 feetGrains.	Sulphur per 100 feetGrains.
January	21.28		4.11	21.92	25
February	21.76		1.15	18.46	23
March	21.47		0.86	15.63	26
April	22.04		0.56	17.37	22
May	21.53		0.39	17.97	23
June	21.28		0.48	17.93	20
July	17.13		0.50	18.76	26
August	16 70		0.37	17.79	23
September	16.83		0.15	17.17	25
October	16.53	(Present 3 times)	0.19	16.44	26
November	16.67		0.19	17.02	24
December	16.68	(Present 3 times)		19.01	25

The next table shows the maxima, minima, and averages of lighting power stated quarterly:—

Period.	Maximum.	Minimum.	Average.
1st Quarter (Cannel Gas)	22.9	19.6 [49a]	21.50
2nd do. do.	23.0	20.3	21.62
3rd do. (Common Gas)	17.6	16.1	16.89
4th do. do.	18.2	15.5 [49b]	16.63

As regards sulphur impurity, the amount was in excess of the permitted quantity (25 grains in 100 cubic feet of gas), on one occasion only during the year, viz., 26.4 grains on 30th July. Sulphuretted hydrogen was found on three occasions—in the months of October and December respectively.

Ammonia was in excess on 19 occasions in the month of January, but of a total of 25 testings: the average for the entire month being 4.11 grains (maximum 7.5.) This excess above the maximum allowance (2.5 grains in 100 feet of gas) was due to unavoidable causes, in connection with alterations being then made in the purifying machinery, which, having since been perfected, the ammonia has sunk to an almost infinitesimal quantity.

In the Appendix I have given the quarterly returns of the chief examiner, showing the results of the daily testings—for which I am indebted to the courtesy of Mr. Wakefield, the Clerk to the Metropolitan Board of Works. These returns show in detail the facts above stated, and prove that the gas has been up to the Parliamentary standard, as estimated by the prescribed tests. Nevertheless, complaints have been made by persons living in various parts of the parish, of the deficient lighting power of the gas. It must be assumed, therefore, that in some cases the burners in use have been in fault. There can, indeed, be no doubt that many consumers fail to obtain a proper light, owing to the habitual use of bad burners, or to the neglect to cleanse good ones. Burners that were of sufficient capacity for the cannel gas, with which the parish was supplied during the first half of the year, are inadequate, and are not adapted to burn common gas so as to produce a good light. Some consumers who have reported the sufficiency of the light when proper burners have been employed, have complained of the great increase in the amount of their gas bills, and in a few instances, I understand, the dissatisfaction has been so great as to lead to a discontinuance of the use of gas. It is a remarkable fact, often observed—a fact that makes us almost despair of ever getting “cheap gas”—that the bills seem always to increase when the price is lowered! How this is brought about I do not pretend to explain; but, so far as my experience goes, it would seem that gas bills never were lower than when the price per thousand feet was at its highest. I do not think that extravagance in consumption—as a result of decrease in price—can be admitted to be a sufficient explanation of the phenomenon. There are mysteries in gas manufacture and supply, which may be revealed hereafter, and the discovery may both enlighten us on the point now mentioned, and also explain the occurrence of complaints of bad light, concurrently with the satisfactory results of the nightly examinations of the gas at the appointed testing station.

During some portion of the year the supply was scarce. The Company, when applied to for an explanation, attributed the scarcity to the refusal of a “sister Vestry” to allow the roads in their parish to be broken up for the purpose of laying down a larger main from the works at Horseferry Road, to supplement the supply from the Kensal Works, which are inadequate for the large district hitherto dependent on that source. I am not without hope that when the new 24-inch main is completed some of the causes of dissatisfaction to which I have adverted may be removed, and that a sufficient and well-regulated pressure, with a full supply of gas, will be obtained.

The dissatisfaction with the gas led your Vestry to adopt a curious experiment during the current year, viz., that of burning mineral oil with the Silber light in a certain number of street lamps in the Kensington Road. I offer no opinion at present on the comparative value of the two sources of light; but I may mention the fact already well known, and referred to in my monthly reports, that the lighting of the streets in this parish is very unsatisfactory, inasmuch as we are still using burners adapted to consume three feet per hour, as in the days of cannel gas, whereas 4½ feet burners, at the least, should be employed. A suggestion has been made that the average meter system should be adopted in this parish, and it has my cordial approval—already expressed in my monthly reports—as it is only fair and proper that public bodies should pay for the gas they consume and no more. The average meter system has been adopted in the parishes of Paddington and St. Pancras. It has given entire satisfaction, and in a very short space of time the first cost of applying the meters to every twelfth lamp will have been defrayed by the saving in expenditure on gas. In Paddington the Vestry have undertaken all the necessary work of lighting and repairing the lamps. The gas has been burned for a somewhat shorter average period nightly, and a further large saving in expenditure has thus been effected. With reference to the cost of gas in this parish, I may be permitted to mention that during the year the revenue of the Company was many thousand pounds more than necessary to pay the ten per cent. dividend—which, in fact, might have been paid without the increase in the price of the gas, sanctioned by the Commissioners appointed by the Board of Trade, in the month of January. If, however, the price had not been raised during 1874, it is probable that the price charged in 1873 would have been maintained. But, in the face of the enormous over-taxation of gas consumers in 1874, and the reduced cost of coal, the Company could not apply to the Board of Trade for a revision of the price in 1875, the result being that the charge reverted on the 1st of January to the Parliamentary price of three shillings and ninepence per 1,000 cubic feet.

I cannot conclude my report without special acknowledgment of the assistance rendered to me by the sub-district registrars of births, deaths, &c., during the past year, which has been one of crisis. For many years the Registrar-General had presented to the several Medical Officers of Health of the Metropolis the original manuscript returns of the causes of all deaths registered within their districts during the previous week, these returns being forwarded by the sub-district registrars to Somerset House, and forming the basis of the Registrar-General’s “Weekly Return.” For this duty the sub-district registrars received no remuneration. The necessity of similar information being supplied to Provincial Medical Officers of Health arose out of the passing of the Public Health Act, 1872, but no such returns being in existence, the information was not forthcoming. Hence many difficulties, into which I need not enter. Suffice it to say that in the Public Health Amendment Act provision was made for the payment of the sub-district registrars by Provincial Sanitary Authorities for information of a precisely similar character to that which had hitherto reached the Metropolitan Medical Officers without expense to the Local Boards. On the passing of the last-named Act, the London registrars, feeling themselves entitled to remuneration for the “secondary use,” by the Medical Officers of their manuscript returns, applied to the Registrar-General on the subject, and he, in turn, requested the Society of Medical Officers of Health to bring the question of payment on a proposed scale before the several Vestries and District Boards. The Society, however, declining the somewhat invidious task, the Registrar-General addressed a similar application to the Local Boards. In the result very few of them consented to the requisition of the Registrar-General, who thereupon gave notice to the Medical Officers that after an appointed day in October he should no longer forward the weekly returns; and he was as good as his word. Greatly to their credit, Messrs. Barnes and Hume spontaneously put themselves in communication with me, promising to send me a duplicate copy of the returns as before; and this they did, until, some time afterwards, a fair and mutually satisfactory arrangement was completed between your Vestry and these gentlemen. The upshot is that I obtain the returns early on Monday morning instead of on Wednesday evening, and I am thus enabled to tabulate the vital statistics up to a period within four days of the date of my monthly reports, instead of eleven days, as under the former arrangement. Additional information of value is also supplied by the registrars, and they continue to forward from day to day, on special forms, notice of any deaths that may have been registered from small-pox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, typhus, enteric, and simple continued fevers, and puerperal fever, &c., so that no time is lost in taking the necessary steps after fatal cases of these infectious diseases.

I have to express my obligations to the officers of the Board of Guardians for information of cases of infectious diseases, &c.; and I am happy to testify my sense of the cordial support I invariably receive from the Sanitary Inspectors, and of the efficient manner in which their onerous, often delicate, and always important duties have been performed. Some portion of the time of Messrs. Wood and Langman has been taken up in attending to the new duties imposed on them under the Adulteration of Food, &c., Act—especially in attending the police court to conduct prosecutions. Much of the work of general inspection is still done in a desultory way, owing to the magnitude and inconvenient configuration of the parish, and to the necessity of attending to complaints as they arise from day to day—a necessity that impedes, more or less, the important duty of systematic inspection of the houses in streets, &c., inhabited by the poorer classes of the population. It is desirable that the 35th clause of the Sanitary Act, 1866, should be adopted, in order to the registration and regular inspection of all houses which are let out in tenements. No doubt this would involve much additional work for a time, but the benefits would be commensurate, for the risk of overcrowding would be diminished, ventilation would be improved, and the cleansing of the rooms, staircases, &c., would be systematically carried out. It seems to me that this is the direction sanitary improvement should take in the future; and the staff having been increased by the appointment of an additional officer, I am not without hope of being able to bring the subject under the notice of your Vestry at an early date, with reasonable prospect of success. A principal difficulty in connection with sanitary administration is that of securing an efficient record of work done—a difficulty which has been much lessened in this parish by the conspicuous care and ability with which Mr. Rudman has performed the clerical duties of the department.

I am, Gentlemen,

Your very obedient Servant,

T. ORME DUDFIELD, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health.

Vestry Hall, Kensington,
August, 1875.

APPENDIX.

Note—The forms for Tables I.–VI. have been settled by the Society of Medical Officers of Health to ensure uniformity of Statistical returns.

TABLE I.

Estimated population 1874, at the middle of the year, and in 10 previous years; number of inhabited houses; Births, Deaths and Marriages (gross numbers).

Year.	Estimated Population. [57a]	Number of Houses.	Registered Births.	Deaths.	Marriages. [57b]
1874.	138,000.	17,667.	4,356.	2,696.	1,311.
1873	133,000	16,920	4,182	2,436	1,243
1872	127,400	16,206	4,041	2,171	1,132
1871	121,500	15,394	3,804	2,328	1,131
1870	116,350	15,279	3,705	2,473	892
1869	111,350	14,654	3,625	2,249	891
1868	106,350	14,029	3,522	2,232	984
1867	101,350	13,404	3,158	1,938	974
1866	96,350	12,779	3,080	1,966	984
1865	91,350	12,154	2,619	1,733	920
1864	86,350	11,529	2,494	1,849	No Information
Average of 10 years, 1864–1873	109,135	14,234	3,423	2,137	„

Notes.

Population at Census, 1871, 120,234.

Area in Statute Acres, 2,190.

Average number of persons in each house at Census, 1871, 7.8.

TABLE II.

Showing Birth and Death Rate: Deaths of Children, and Deaths in Public Institutions 1874, and 10 previous years.

The Year.	Births per 1000 of the Population.	Death rate per 1000 living.	Deaths of Children under 1 year per cent. to Total Deaths.	Deaths of Children under 1 year per cent. to Registered Births.	Deaths of Children under 5 years per cent. to Total Deaths.	Deaths in Public Institutions.[58]
1874.	31.7	19.5	28.5	17.5	45.4	352
1873	31.4	18.3	27.0	15.9	40.0	272
1872	32.1	17.0	28.9	15.6	44.2	264
1871	31.3	19.1	25.0	15.0	41.6	252
1870	32.1	21.2	24.4	16.4	42.9	330
1869	32.5	20.2	†	†	†	318
1868	33.1	21.0	†	†	†	303
1867	31.2	19.0	†	†	40.6	221
1866	32.0	20.4	†	†	41.6	248
1865	28.7	19.0	†	†	†	250
1864	28.9	21.4	†	†	41.6	281
Average of 10 Years, 1864–1878.	31.3	19.6	†	†	41.8	273

† = No information.

TABLE III.
Deaths Registered from all causes during the year 1874.

(The Deaths in Public Institutions of non-residents being excluded.)

CAUSES OF DEATH.	AGES.													Total deaths under Five.	Grand Total.	SUB-DISTRICT.
	Under 1.	1 to 2.	2 to 5.	5 to 15.	15 to 25.	25 to 35.	35 to 45.	45 to 55.	55 to 65.	65 to 75.	75 to 85.	85 to 95.	95 and upwards.			Kensington Town.	Brompton.
(CLASSES).
I. ZYMOTIC DISEASES	187	89	95	40	24	26	13	13	10	8	3	1	...	371	509	424	85
II. CONSTITUTIONAL	69	46	44	40	49	60	58	56	32	29	8	...	...	159	491	399	92
III. LOCAL	242	66	52	21	27	54	75	121	152	180	129	22	4	360	1145	921	224
IV. DEVELOPMENTAL	228	16	4	...	4	6	4	1	1	14	43	31	4	248	356	296	60
V. VIOLENT DEATHS	28	...	2	4	1	2	1	7	4	1	...	...	...	30	50	44	6
(Not specified.)	8	6	6	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	20	20	18	2
Total	762	223	203	105	105	148	151	198	199	232	183	54	8	1188	2571	2102	469
I. ZYMOTICDISEASES.
Order 1.—MIASMATIC.
Small-pox	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Measles	37	47	35	2	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	119	121	115	6
Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)	1	8	12	11	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	21	32	28	4
Diphtheria	3	2	9	7	...	2	1	1	1	...	...	...	...	14	26	24	2
Quinsy	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Croup	7	4	14	1	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	25	26	25	1
Whooping-cough	14	17	13	1	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	44	45	36	9
Typhus	...	...	1	2	...	...	...	3	1	1	1	...	...	1	9	9	...
Enteric or Typhoid Fever	...	3	2	7	6	1	4	3	...	2	...	...	...	5	28	19	9
Simple continued Fever	3	1	4	1	...	1	...	...	2	2	1	...	...	8	15	11	4
Erysipelas	3	...	1	2	4	3	2	3	2	1	...	...	...	4	21	13	8
Puerperal Fever (Metria)	...	...	...	...	9	12	3	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	24	18	6
Carbuncle	...	...	...	...	...	1	...	1	1	...	...	...	...	...	3	2	1
Influenza	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Dysentery	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	2	...	...	...	...	...	2	2	...
Diarrhœa	100	6	2	...	...	...	...	...	...	2	1	1	...	108	112	90	22
Simple Cholera	5	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	5	5	3	2
Ague	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	1	...	...	...	...	...	...	1	1	...
Remittent Fever	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Rheumatism	1	...	2	5	5	3	1	...	...	...	...	...	...	3	17	13	4
Other Zymotic Diseases	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Order 2.—ENTHETIC.
Syphilis	11	1	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	12	12	10	2
Stricture of Urethra	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Hydrophobia	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Glanders	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Order 3.—DIETIC.
Privation	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Want of Breast-milk	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Purpura and Scurvy	...	...	...	...	...	...	1	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	1	...	1
Alcoholism: Del. Tremens	...	...	...	...	...	2	...	...	1	...	...	...	...	...	5	3	2
Alcoholism: Intemperance	...	...	...	...	...	...	1	1	...	...	...	...	...	...
Order 4.—PARASITIC.
Thrush	2	...	...	1	...	1	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	2	4	2	2
Worms, &c.	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
	187	89	95	40	24	26	13	13	10	8	3	1	...	371	509	424	85
II. CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
Order 1.—DIATHETIC.
Gout	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	1	2	...	...	...	...	3	3	...
Dropsy	...	...	1	1	...	1	1	2	...	1	2	...	...	1	9	7	2
Cancer	...	...	...	...	1	1	6	17	18	19	5	...	...	...	67	51	16
Cancrum Oris (Noma)	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Mortification	...	...	1	...	...	...	...	...	1	1	1	...	...	1	4	3	1
Order 2.—TUBERCULAR.
Scrofula	11	6	4	2	1	...	1	2	...	...	...	...	...	21	27	23	4
Tabes Mesenterica	33	15	5	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	53	53	45	8
Phthisis	1	7	8	25	46	56	50	35	12	6	...	...	...	16	246	200	46
Hydrocephalus and Tubercular Meningitis	24	18	25	12	1	2	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	67	82	67	15
	69	46	44	40	49	60	58	56	32	29	8	...	...	159	491	399	92
III. LOCALDISEASES.
Order 1.—NERVOUS SYSTEM.
Cephalitis	1	...	...	3	...	1	...	1	...	...	...	...	...	1	6	6	...
Apoplexy	2	1	1	...	1	1	2	15	16	18	7	...	...	4	64	45	19
Paralysis	...	1	...	1	...	1	3	6	7	15	13	...	...	1	47	32	15
Insanity	...	...	...	...	1	1	...	...	...	2	...	...	...	...	4	4	...
Chorea	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	1	...	...	...	...	1	...	1
Epilepsy	1	...	1	...	...	2	4	2	2	1	...	...	...	2	13	9	4
Convulsions	47	8	4	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	59	59	50	9
Brain Disease, &c.	9	4	5	2	2	1	6	7	9	11	6	...	...	18	62	53	9
Order 2.—ORGANS OF CIRCULATION.
Pericarditis	...	...	2	...	1	...	1	...	1	...	...	...	...	2	5	5	...
Aneurism	...	...	...	...	...	1	3	2	...	1	...	...	...	...	7	6	1
Heart Disease, &c.	2	2	3	3	5	5	6	13	23	29	31	12	3	7	137	104	33
Order 3.—RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
Laryngitis	2	...	2	...	1	...	...	1	...	...	...	...	...	4	6	6	...
Bronchitis	91	25	10	3	3	6	13	19	32	53	48	5	1	126	309	258	51
Pleurisy	...	1	1	...	2	...	2	2	1	...	1	...	...	2	10	9	1
Pneumonia	55	20	19	3	4	14	13	18	11	13	5	1	...	94	176	150	26
Asthma	...	...	...	...	...	2	...	1	4	3	2	...	...	...	12	7	5
Lung disease, &c.	14	2	2	...	...	2	1	1	11	3	4	1	...	18	41	32	9
Order 4.—DIGESTIVE ORGANS.
Gastritis	...	...	...	...	1	...	...	...	...	1	...	...	...	...	2	1	1
Enteritis	7	1	...	1	1	3	1	1	2	2	...	...	...	8	19	16	3
Peritonitis	3	...	...	4	1	4	2	1	2	2	1	...	...	3	20	18	2
Ascites	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	1	2	...	...	...	...	...	2	1	1
Ulceration of Intestines	...	1	...	...	...	...	2	3	3	...	...	1	...	8	19	16	3
Hernia	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	1	...	...	...	3	20	18	2
Ileus	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	2	1	...	...	...	...	3	3	...
Intussusception	1	...	...	...	...	1	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	1	8	5	3
Stricture of Intestines	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	2	...	...	...	2	1	1
Fistula	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Stomach Disease, &c.	...	...	...	...	...	1	...	...	5	2	...	...	...	...	8	6	2
Pancreas Disease, &c.	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Hepatitis	...	...	...	1	...	1	1	1	...	...	...	...	...	...	5	4	1
Jaundice	3	...	...	...	...	...	...	3	...	...	...	...	...	3	7	6	1
Liver Disease, &c.	2	...	...	...	2	1	6	9	6	7	2	2	...	2	37	30	7
Spleen Disease, &c.	...	...	...	...	...	...	1	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	1	...	1
Order 5.—URINARY DISEASES.
Nephritis	...	...	1	...	...	1	1	...	...	...	...	...	...	1	3	2	1
Ischuria	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	1	...	...	...	...	...	...	1	...	1
Blight’s Disease (Nephria)	...	...	...	...	1	2	3	5	4	5	2	...	...	...	22	14	8
Diabetes	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	2	1	1	1	...	...	...	5	4	1
Calculus (Stone)	...	...	...	...	...	1	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	1	1	...
Cystitis	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	1	5	1	...	...	...	7	6	1
Kidney disease, &c.	...	...	...	...	1	...	3	3	3	1	1	...	...	...	12	10	2
Order 6.—ORGANS OF GENERATION.
Ovarian Dropsy	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	1	...	...	...	...	...	1	1	...
Uterus Disease, &c.	...	...	...	...	...	1	...	3	2	...	...	...	...	...	6	4	2
Order 7.—ORGAN OF LOCOMOTION.
Synovitis (Arthritis)	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Joint Disease, &c.	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	1	...	...	...	...	...	...	1	1	...
Order 8.—INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM.
Phlegmon	2	...	1	...	...	1	...	1	1	1	...	...	...	3	7	7	...
Ulcer	...	...	...	...	...	...	1	...	...	1	...	...	...	...	2	2	...
Skin Disease, &c.	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
	242	66	52	21	27	54	75	121	152	180	129	22	4	360	1145	921	224
IV. DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.
Order 1.—DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
Premature Birth	46	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	46	46	35	11
Cyanosis	1	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	1	1	1	...
Spina Bifida	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Other Malformations	3	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	3	3	1	2
Teething	25	19	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	35	35	26	9
Order 2.—DISEASES OF ADULTS.
Paramenia	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Childbirth (see Puerperal fever)	...	...	...	...	4	6	4	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	14	11	3
Order 3.—DISEASES OF OLD PEOPLE.
Old Age	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	1	1	14	43	31	4	...	94	79	15
Order 4.—DISEASES OF NUTRITION.
Atrophy and Debility	153	6	4	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	163	163	143	20
	228	16	4	„,	4	6	4	1	1	14	43	31	4	248	356	296	60
V. VIOLENTDEATHS, &c.
Order 1.—ACCIDENT OR NEGLIGENCE.
Fractures and Contusions	1	...	...	1	1	2	...	2	2	1	...	...	...	1	10	10	...
Wounds	...	...	...	...	...	...	1	1	...	...	...	...	...	...	2	2	...
Burns and Scalds	...	...	1	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	1	1	1	...
Poison	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Drowning	1	...	1	2	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	2	4	3	1
Suffocation	17	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	17	17	15	2
Otherwise	...	...	...	1	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	1	...	1
Order 3.—HOMICIDE.
Murder and Manslaughter	4	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	4	4	2	2
Order 4.—SUICIDE.
Wounds: Gunshot, Cut, Stab	1	...	...	...	...	...	...	2	1	...	...	...	...	1	4	4	...
Poison	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Drowning	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	1	...	...	...	...	...	...	1	1	...
Hanging	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	1	1	...	...	...	...	...	2	2	...
Otherwise	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Order 5.—EXECUTION.
Hanging	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Violent Deaths (not classed)	2	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	2	2	2	...
Sudden deaths (cause unascertained)	2	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	2	2	2	...
	28	...	2	4	1	2	1	7	4	1	...	...	...	30	50	44	6
Causes not specified or ill defined	8	6	6	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	20	20	18	2

TABLE IV.

Showing Mortality from certain classes of Diseases, and proportions to Population, and to 1,000 Deaths, 1874, viz.—

Diseases.	Total Deaths.	Deaths per 1000 of Population.	Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths.
1. Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases	388	2.8	144
2. Pulmonary (other than Phthisis)	554	4.0	208
3. Tubercular	326	2.3	121
4. Wasting Diseases of Infants (under 5).	209	1.5	77
5. Convulsive Diseases of Infants (under 5).	161	1.1	59

NOTES.

1. Includes Small Pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Fever and Diarrhœa.

3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, and Tabes.

4. Includes Marasmus, Atrophy, Debility, want of Breast Milk, and Premature Birth.

5. Includes Hydrocephalus, Infantile Meningitis, Convulsions and Teething.

TABLE V.

Showing the number of Deaths in the 10 years 1864–1873, from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, and the number in 1874, &c.

Disease.	1864	1865	1866	1867	1868	1869	1870	1871	1872	1873	Annual Average 10 years,1864–1873.	Proportion of Deaths to 1000Deaths in 10 years, 1864–1873.	1874	Proportion of Deaths to 1000Deaths in 1874.
Smallpox	5	18	10	29	4	6	8	120	68	1	26.9	12.5	121	45
Measles	100	52	40	19	84	27	70	64	43	38	53.7	25.3	32	11.8
Scarlet Fever	90	31	28	35	170	106	198	95	29	10	79.2	37.1	26	9.6
Diphtheria	Not separatelyregistered.					9	14	11	14	11	5.9	2.7
Whooping Cough	56	37	28	68	34	71	55	72	77	44	54.2	25.3	45	16.7
Fever	60	77	33	46	52	42	46	48	42	41	48.7	22.8	52	19.3
Diarrhœa	63	104	112	78	113	108	154	129	110	145	111.6	52.3	112	41.6
Total, Kensington	374	319	251	275	457	369	545	539	383	290	380.2	178.0	388	144
Total, London.	16,029	14,272	14,761	11,660	14,925	17,413	16,476	19,455	12,699	11,385	14,907	198	11,230	147
Total. England &Wales 1862–1871 [60]	1862	1863	1864	1865	1866	1867	1868	1869	1870	1871	1862–71	1872	1872	1872
	73,220	98,490	96,279	92,030	82,692	72,587	97,352	90,380	100,497	103,801	90,732	188	91,743	188

TABLE VI.

Inspectors’ Report of the Sanitary Work completed in the year ended March 25th, 1875.

Sub-Districts.	No. of Complaints received during the year.	No. of Houses and Premises, &c., inspected.	Results ofInspection.			House Drains.		Privies andW.C.’s.			Dust Bins.		Water Supply.		Miscellaneous.
			Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses andPremises.	Houses and Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired andWhitewashed.	Houses Disinfected after Infectious Diseases.	Repaired, Cleansed, &c.	Trapped or Ventilated.	Repaired, Cleansed, &c.	Supplied with Water.	New provided.	New provided.	Repaired, Covered, &c.	Cisterns (new) erected.	Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired and Covered.	No. of Lodging Houses registered under 35th Clause ofSanitary Acts, 1866. [62]	No. of Dust Complaints received and attended to.	Removal of accumulations of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animaland other Refuse.	Removal of Animals improperly kept.	RegularlyInspected			Other Proceedings, e.g. Legal Proceedings.
																			Bakehouses.	Licensed Cowhouses.	Licensed Slaughterhouses.
North.	820	3229	818	567	40	207	76	163	69	.4	20	25	5	38	...	2560	64	46	60	18	32	82
South.	662	4057	664	496	28	235	59	178	53	2	11	19	3	37	...	3331	51	12	48	18	22	18
Total.	1482	7286	1477	1063	68	442	135	341	122	6	31	44	8	75	...	5891	115	58	108	36	54	100

TABLE VIa.

Summary of Monthly Returns of Sanitary Work performed by the Inspectors.

Date of Report.	HousesInspected.		Mews Inspected.		Slaughter		CowshedsInspected.		BakehousesInspected.		Offensive		Sanitary Ordersissued.		Letters&c. Received re Dust		Complaints ofnon-removal of Dust.		Orders issued forthe removal of Dust.
	North	South	North	South	North	South	North	South	North	South	North	South	North	South	North	South	North	South	North	South
May 6, 1874	388	532	48	72	11	14	13	14	15	8	9	0	65	88	136	258	15	95	302	601
June 3 „	360	475	42	61	7	16	19	14	14	23	11	0	61	31	161	222	14	64	294	528
July 1 „	416	520	58	75	18	14	12	10	14	9	10	1	39	86	208	193	26	42	312	335
July 29 „	314	337	48	69	16	8	14	14	13	12	16	0	81	32	187	189	31	36	254	360
Aug. 20 „	219	336	31	74	6	13	3	10	9	19	7	0	37	26	57	88	9	21	87	180
Sept. 23 „	189	216	22	47	11	9	14	8	10	11	4	0	42	35	69	84	12	10	95	106
Oct. 21 „	176	240	32	60	42	32	31	32	9	7	9	0	53	42	109	91	5	6	172	209
Nov. 18 „	225	364	36	62	14	7	12	9	13	16	10	2	48	61	150	121	22	19	210	231
Dec. 16 „	238	285	48	65	9	3	11	8	10	7	13	2	71	80	214	186	46	63	307	377
Jan. 13, 1875	185	202	30	37	10	6	11	9	16	12	3	0	59	32	345	372	69	66	565	635
Feb. 10 „	207	198	36	43	12	8	9	9	12	11	13	0	70	72	393	446	51	67	553	839
Mar. 10 „	186	214	24	22	8	7	9	6	12	10	14	0	67	55	293	622	18	96	392	1021
April 7 „	126	138	16	14	8	7	5	9	12	12	8	0	63	42	238	459	39	68	325	887
Totals.	3229	4057	471	701	172	144	163	152	159	157	127	7	756	682	2560	3331	357	653	3868	6309

TABLE VII.

Showing the Death rate per 1,000 living; the annual rate of Mortality per 1,000 living from seven Zymotic Diseases; and the proportion of Deaths from these Diseases to the total Deaths in Kensington and in all London in 1874, and in the ten years, 1864–73.

The Year.	Deaths per 1000living.		Total Deaths from seven Zymotic diseases, Kensington.	Annual rate of Mortality per 1,000 living from seven Zymotic diseases.		Proportion ofDeaths to 1,000 Deaths from seven Zymotic diseases.
	Kensington.	London.		Kensington.	London.	Kensington.	London.
1864	21.4	26.5	374	4.3	5.4	204	204
1865	19.0	24.5	319	3.5	4.7	185	196
1866	20.4	26.4	259	2.6	4.8	133	185
1867	19.0	23.0	276	2.7	3.7	142	166
1868	21.0	23.6	457	4.2	4.7	208	200
1869	20.2	24.6	369	3.3	5.5	164	227
1870	21.2	24.1	545	4.6	5.1	222	213
1871	19.1	24.7	542	4.4	6.0	233	242
1872	17.0	21.4	390	3.0	3.8	181	179
1873	18.3	22.5	290	2.1	3.3	119	149
AVERAGEOF TEN YEARS	19.6	24.1	382	3.4	4.7	179	196
1874	19.5	22.5	388	2.8	3.3	144	147

TABLE VIII.

Comparative Analysis of the Mortality in all London and in Kensington, in 53 weeks, ended 2nd January, 1875.

LOCALITY.	AnnualDeath Rate per 1000 Living from all causes.	AnnualDeath Rate per 1000 Living from principal ZymoticDiseases.	Percentage of Deaths under 1 year to Births Registered.	Per Centage of Deaths to TotalDeaths.
				Under 1year of age.	At 60years of age and upwards.	From7 Zymotic Diseases.	FromViolence.	Registered upon information of the Coroner (Inquests.)	Registered in large Public Institutions.
London	22.5	3.3	15.5	24.6	21.6	14.7	3.6	7.2	17.2
Kensington	19.5	2.8	17.5	28.5	21.7	14.4	1.8	6.4	13.1

TABLE IX.

Shewing the Principal Localities in which of the chief Zymotic Diseases occurred in 1874.

Name ofStreet or Place.	Measles.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Whooping Cough.	FEVER.			Diarrhœa.	Total.
					Typhus.	Enteric.	Simple Contind.
Absolom Road	l								1
Admiral Place and Terrace	2					1			3
Abingdon Road		2						1	3
Acklam Road					1	1			2
Brown’s Buildings	2								2
Blenheim Crescent								3	3
Blechynden Street	6			2			1		9
Bramley Road	2			2				1	5
Bomore Road	2								2
Boundary Villas		1							1
„ Cottages		2							2
Bangor Street		1						1	2
Cromwell Road (West)						1			1
Cornwall Road	1					1		1	3
Child Street and Place	3								3
Coleherne Road			1						1
Clarendon Road		1	2						2
Crescent Street							1	2	3
Campden Street	3	1				1		1	5
„ Hill Road			1						2
Calverley Street				1				1	2
Dartmoor Street		1					1		2
Devonshire Terrace, Kensington						1			1
Dulford Street		2							2
Edge Terrace	1			1				1	3
Earl’s Court Road					1			2	3
Faraday Road		1	l						1
Fulham Road						1			1
Gordon Cottages			1						1
Golborne Road	1							4	5
Glo’ster Terrace, Kensington					1				1
Grange (The)					1				1
Holland Street			1	1					2
Hurstway Street	4							1	5
Holland Villas Road		1							1
Ifield Road	l	2						1	4
James’ Street, Kensington					1				1
Kenilworth Terrace	1	1							2
Kensington High Street			1						1
Kensington Park Road			1					1	2
„ „ Gardens Mews		1							1
Ladbroke Grove Road	2		1			3			6
Lancaster Road	2	1				1	1	2	7
Lockton Street	1							3
Lonsdale Road	1	2		1					4
„ Mews		1							1
Montpelier Street						1			1
Manchester Street	2	2							4
„ Road					1			2	3
New Street	2			1				2	5
Neville Street						1		1	2
Powis Square						l			1
Prince’s Gate						l			1
„ Mews	2								2
Pembroke Place	2			1				1	4
Pelham Crescent		1							1
Peel Street	2				1	1	1		5
Portland Road	3			2				2	7
Portobello Road	7	1	2					5	15
Phœnix Place					1				1
Phillimore Place (Lower)									1
Royal Crescent		4							4
Rillington Place			1	1					2
Raddington Road	2								2
Swinbroke Road					1			2	3
Silchester Road		1						1	2
„ Terrace	2								2
South Street, St. Mark’s								2	2
St. James Street, Notting Hill	2		1					2	5
St. Katherine’s Road	1			2			1	4	8
St. Clement’s Road	1				1			2	4
Stanley Gardens Mews			1						1
Southam Street	11					1	1	2	15
Stoneleigh Street							2		2
Sheffield Gardens			1						1
St. Ann’s Road	2			1					3
St. Luke’s Mews			1						1
Seymour Place						1			1
Thistle Grove		2		1				1	4
Thomas Mews, Place and Street Notting Dale	4		2					1	7
Testerton Street	1	1		2				1	5
Tabernacle Terrace	2	1							3
Talbot Mews	1							2	3
Talbot Grove	2		1	1	1			1	6
Warwick Place				1					1
Wornington Road						1			1
Wilby Mews						1			1
Warwick Road	1			2				4	7
Walmer Road	4			2			1	3	10
William Street, Norlands	2							2	4
„ Notting Hill	2								2
Workhouse	4					2		3	9

There were no fatal cases of Small Pox.

There was a single case of Measles in each of 32 other Streets.

In addition to the cases of Diarrhœa here referred to five cases of Simple or English and Infantile Cholera were registered, viz., one each in Child Street, Ladbroke Road, Pembroke Square, Portland Road, and St. Philip’s Terrace.

TABLE X.
PARISH OF SAINT MARY ABBOTTS, KENSINGTON.

Return respecting the Vaccination of Children whose Births were Registered during the year 1874.

DATE.	Registration Sub-Districts comprised in Vaccination Officer’sDistrict.	Numberof Births returned in Birth List Sheets.	Number of these Births duly entered inColumns 10, 11, and 13 of the VaccinationRegister (Birth List Sheets)viz.:—				Number of these Births which are notentered in the Vaccination Register, on account,as shown by Report Book) of
			Column10. Successfully Vaccination.	Column 11.		Column13. Dead. Un-vaccinated.	Postponement by Medical Certificate.	Removalto Districts, the Vaccination Officer of which has been dulyapprized.	Removalto places unknown, or which cannot be reached, and cases nothaving been found.	Casesstill under proceedings by summons and otherwise.
				Insusceptible of SuccessfulVaccination.	Had Small-pox.
	1	2	3	4	5	6	8	9	10
1st January to 30th June.	Kensington Town	1833	1520	12		209	20	8	64
	Brompton	400	338	1		35	6	4	16
1st July to 31st Dec.	Kensington Town	1708	1380	9		178	40	12	82	7
	Brompton	416	350	1		42	8	3	10	2
	Totals	4357	3588	23		464	74	27	172	9

TABLE XI.
LICENSED SLAUGHTER HOUSES.

SOUTH SANITARYDISTRICT, (20.)
LOCALITY.	LICENSEE.
Glo’ster Grove East	Mrs. Nutkins
11, Church Street, Kensington	Mr. Stimpson
11, Peel Place, Silver Street	„ Andrews
The Mall, Silver Street	„ Wright
57, Fulham Road	„ Turner
356, Ditto	„ Smith
37, Brompton Road	„ Shackell
121, Ditto	„ Cox
183, Ditto	„ French
12, New Street, Brompton	„ Lidstone
7, Montpelier Street, Brompton	„ Hall
60, Kensington High Street	„ English
Phillimore Mews	„ Clayton
1, Newland Place	„ Sandford
15, High Street, Notting Hill	„ Short
133, Ditto ditto	„ Candy
6, Hope Terrace, Notting Hill	„ Beall
35, Earl’s Court Road	„ Matson
Ditto ditto	„ Collins
Warwick Road	„ Fazan
NORTH SANITARYDISTRICT, (28.)
13, Archer Mews	Mr. H. Rush
Ditto	„ Ward
20, Bolton Mews	Messrs. Smith and Son
195, Clarendon Road	Mr. J. W. Rush
142, Ditto ditto	„ Rutland
10, Edenham Mews	„ Gibson
Tavistock Mews, Portobello Road	„ Hughes
8, Vernon Mews, Portobello Road	„ Young
196, Portobello Road	„ Scoles
Ledbury Mews	„ French
Lonsdale Mews	„ Olney
50, Prince’s Road, Notting Hill	„ Parratt
98, Ditto ditto	„ Roser
10, Prince’s Mews, Notting Hill	„ Cole
10, Prince’s Road Mews, ditto	„ Coles
Portland Road ditto	„ Colley
41, Prince’s Place ditto	„ Pickworth
23, Norfolk Terrace	„ Matthews
61, Silchester Road	„ Matthews
5, James Street, Potteries	„ Van
Mary Place, Potteries	„ Nind
7, Thomas Street, Potteries	„ Squire
27, Ditto ditto	„ Squire
Royal Crescent Mews	„ Blackburn
Ditto ditto	„ Macpherson
Ditto ditto	„ Down
140, Walmer Road	„ Seaton
144, Ditto	„ Baker

TABLE XII.
LICENSED COW SHEDS.

SOUTH SANITARYDISTRICT. (16.)
LOCALITY.	LICENSEE.
5, Glos’ter Grove East	Mrs. Reeves
7, Silver Street	Mr. Mackenzie
7, The Mall, Notting Hill.	„ Edwards
Ditto ditto	„ Draper
Fulham Road (St. Mark’s Place)	„ Starr
Holland Park Farm	Messrs. Tunks and Tisdall
Newland Terrace	Mr. Harman
Gore Lane	„ Thompson
Earl’s Court Road (Pembroke Place)	„ Harman
Ditto ditto	„ Jones
Ditto ditto	„ Clark
Warwick Road	„ Pool
South End, Kensington	„ Woolhouse
Ditto ditto	„ Lunn
Stratford Road	„ Clark
Addison Cottage, Lorne Gardens	„ Lyons
Thistle Grove	„ Burgar
NORTH SANITARYDISTRICT, (17.)
191, Portobello Road	Mr. D. Hughes
207, ditto	Aylesbury Dairy Company
Ditto (Angola Mews)	Mr. Johnson
Wornington Mews	„ Jones
Ledbury Mews	„ Boon
Ditto	„ Liddiard
Notting Barn Farm	„ Liddiard
James’ Street, Potteries	„ Arnsby
5, Ditto ditto	„ Van
21, Thomas Street, Potteries	„ Bidgood
12, Blechynden Mews	„ White
14, ditto	„ Copperwheat
15, ditto	„ Cockman
9, East Road Mews	„ Stephen Keen
165, Walmer Road	„ Fredk. Keen
10, Talbot Mews	„ Hornsby
3 & 4, Archer Mews	„ Skingle

TABLE XIII.
QUARTERLY RETURN
Of the Chief Gas Examiner.

Cannel Gas.

Results of the Daily Testings of the Gas supplied by the Gas Light and Coke Company to the Testing Station, at 123, Ladbroke Grove, Notting Hill, during the months of January, February, and March, 1874.

January.
	Illuminating Power in Standard Sperm Candles.	Amount ofImpurity.
		Sulphuretted Hydrogen.	Ammonia per 100 feet, grains.	Sulphur per 100 feet, grains.
1	20.7	None	7.4	23 0
2	21.1	„	5.0	23.3
3	20.3	„	4.6	...
5	20.2	„	7.5	23.7
6	22.2	„	6.4	23.1
7	22.4	„	4.6	22.1
8	22.4	„	4.2	22.5
9	22.7	„	3.8	21.4
10	21.9	„	3.2	21.8
12	22.7	„	...	22.3
13	22.2	„	4.6	22.6
14	22.2	„	5.0	18.4
15	22 3	„	5.2	15.1
16	22.1	„	5.2	20.3
17	20.2	„	3.2	19.7
19	20.7	„	2.0	21.0
20	21.0	„	4.0	22.4
21	Not received.
22	19.7	„	4.6	22.8
23	20 8	„	2.4	23.3
24	19.6	„	2.2	24.2
26	22 2	„	2.4	24.0
27	Not received.
28	20.2	„	4.0	23.6
29	20.9	„	3.0	17.3
30	21.0	„	2.6	24.3
31	20.5	„	1.7	24.0
Mean	21.28	„	4.11	21.92
February.
2	20.7	None	1.8	21.0
3	20.5	„	1.6	20.8
4	22.1	„	1.8	19.2
5	20.9	„	1.2	18 8
6	21.1	„	0.6	19.1
7	21.7	„	1.2	...
9	21.7	„	1.2	...
10	21.2	„	1.4	...
11	20.7	„	1.2	...
12	21.7	„	0.8	...
13	22.1	„	0.6	20.6
14	22.0	„	1.0	20 9
16	22.8	„	1.3	19.1
17	22.9	„	1.6	18.8
18	22.5	„	1.2	18.8
19	22.5	„	1.2	15.7
20	21.1	„	1.0	15.4
21	Not received.
23	22.6	„	0.6	16.1
24	21.3	„	2.0	16.4
25	21.3	„	0.6	16.8
26	22.6	„	1.0	16.0
27	23.3	„	1.2	19.2
28	21.1	„	0.0	19.6
Mean	21.76		1.15	18.46
March.
2	21.4	None	2.4	19.2
3	21.0	„	0.2	10 4
4	21.9	„	0.8	13.0
5	21.3	„	1.0	14.5
6	22.8	„	1.0	15.1
7	21.9	„	1.0	15.1
9	22.1	„	0.8	15.3
10	21.0	„	1.4	15.3
11	21.4	„	0.0	12.9
12	20 4	„	1.0	14.3
13	20.9	„	0.6	15.1
14	21.0	„	0.6	16.4
16	21.1	„	0.4	17.7
17	21 6	„	1.2	17.1
18	21.5	„	2.0	17.2
19	21.4	„	0.8	17.5
20	21.2	„	0.5	17.3
21	21.8	„	1.0	17.3
23	21.9	„	...	...
24	21.2	„	...	...
25	21.7	„	...	...
26	21 4	„	...	...
27	21.0	„	0.8	...
28	21.4	„	0.6	15.5
30	21.1	„	0.8	15.7
31	22.9	„	0.0	16.0
Mean	21.47	„	0.86	15.63

TABLE XIV.
QUARTERLY RETURN
Of the Chief Gas Examiner

Cannel Gas.

Results of the Daily Testings of the Gas supplied by the Gas Light and Coke Company to the Testing Station at 123, Ladbroke Grove, Notting Hill, during the months of April, May, and June, 1874.

April.
	Illuminating Powerin Standard Sperm Candles.		Amount ofImpurity.
			Sulphuretted Hydrogen.		Ammonia per 100feet, grains.		Sulphur per 100 feet, grains.
1	22.1		None		None		17.0
2	23.0		„		„		13.7
3	Not received
4	22.1	„		0.4		14.2
6	Not received
7	21.7	„		2.4		16.8
8	21.5	„		0.6		17.8
9	22.5	„		1.2		16.9
10	22.2	„		...		17.2
11	22.3	„		None		17.2
13	22.7	„		0.4		17.3
14	21.0	„		0.4		17.3
15	21.0	„		1.4		17.1
16	22.9	„		0.7		17.4
17	21.6	„		0.4		19.0
18	21.2	„		0.2		17.9
20	22.2	„		0.0		19.5
21	Not received
22	22.5	„		0.2		9.5
23	22.5	„		1.4		18.7
24	22.2	„		0.6		18.1
25	23.0	„		0.4		18.2
27	22 2	„		0.0		18.0
28	22.0	„		0.0		18.1
29	21.2	„		1.0		15.4
30	Not received
Mean	22.04	„		0.56		17.37
May.
1	21.9	„		0.2		16.6
2	21.5	„		0.6		16.4
4	20.9	„		None		18 4
5	21.5	„		„		18.9
6	22.0	„		„		17.4
7	21.4	„		0.8		17.4
8	21.4	„		None		20.2
9	20 5	„		„		17.9
11	Not received
12	21.5	„		„		18.9
13	21.6	„		1.0		1 .8
14	22.0	„		0.8		16.7
15	22.2	„		0.2		16.3
16	20.7	„		None		17.9
18	21.2	„		0.4		16.0
19	21.6	„		0.4		17.3
20	21.8	„		0.8		17.8
21	21.4	„		0.6		17.7
22	Not received
23	21.7	„		0.4		18.0
25	Not received
26	21.7	„		0.6		18.4
27	21.7	„		0.4		20.0
28	21.7	„		0.6		19 9
29	22 0	„		0.5		19.3
30	21.4	„		0.6		18.3
Mean	21.53	„		0.39		17.97
June.
1	21.3	None		None		17.9
2	21 3	„		0.4		19.1
3	21.5	„		None		18.2
4	21.6	„		„		17.8
5	22.0	„		„		...
6	Not received
8	22.0	„		„		17.8
9	21.9	„		„		...
10	21.8	„		0.8		...
11	20.8	„		1.2		17.7
12	20.3	„		0.5		17.8
13	20.7	„		0.8		17.1
15	20.6	„		1.0		17.3
16	20.8	„		0.6		17.3
17	21.1	„		0.6		16.9
18	21.1	„		0.5		16.1
19	Not received
20	Not received
22	21.4	„		0.5		16.2
23	21.4	„		1.0		17.4
24	Not received
25	Not received
26	Not received
27	21.4	„		0.8		17.3
29	21.4	„		05		17.3
30	21.3	„		0.4		16.4
Mean	21.28	„		0.48		17.39

TABLE XV.
QUARTERLY RETURN
Of the Chief Gas Examiner.

Common Gas.

Results of the Daily Testings of the Gas supplied by the Gas Light and Coke Company to the Testing Station at 123, Ladbroke Grove, Notting Hill, during the months of July, August, and September, 1874.

July.
	Illuminating Power in Standard Sperm Candles.	Amount ofImpurity.
		Sulphuretted Hydrogen.	Ammonia per 100 feet,grains.	Sulphur per 100 feet, grains.
1	18.6	None	0.8	16.4
2	17.6	„	1.2	19.2
3	...	„	0.0	19.1
4	...	„	1.2	19.6
6	...	„	0.0	20.4
7	17.6	„	0.8	20.1
8	17.6	„	0.8	20.2
9	17.4	„	1.0	20.2
10	17.4	„	1.0	20.3
11	17.3	„	0.0	19.3
13	17.5	„	1.8	19.6
14	17.3	„	1.0	20.3
15	17.5	„	0.0	20.5
16	16.6	„	0.0	19.5
17	16.6	„	1.0	19.4
18	16.7	„	0.6	19.4
20	16.9	„	0.2	19.4
21	16.8	„	0.0	16.0
22	17.0	„	0.0	14.4
23	17.2	„	0.0	16.0
24	Not received
25	16.8	„	0.0	16.5
27	16.7	„	0.0	16.0
28	16.7	„	0.0	16.3
29	16.5	„	0.4	16.2
30	16.6	„	0.6	26.4
31	17.1	„	0.6	16.5
Mean	17.13	„	0.50	18.76
August.
1	16.8	None	0.3	15.7
3	Not received
4	17.0	„	0.8	17.0
5	16.6	„	0.6	17.2
6	16.6	„	0.6	17.4
7	17.2	„	0.0	17.1
8	16.9	„	0.6	16.9
10	16.9	„	0.4	18.5
11	16.9	„	0.4	18.1
12	16.5	„	0.0	18.5
13	16.8	„	0.4	18.4
14	16.9	„	1.0	18.8
15	16.7	„	0.4	8.4
17	16.5	„	0.6	18.6
18	16.1	„	0.3	18.1
19	16.4	„	0.4	17.6
20	16.3	„	0.5	17.5
21	Not received
22	16.5	„	0.5	17.4
24	16.9	„	0.6	19.8
25	16.5	„	0.0	19.7
26	16.5	„	0.0	18.4
27	16.9	„	0.0	17.7
28	Not received
29	16.4	„	0.0	...
31	17.3	„	0.0	...
Mean	16.70	„	0.37	17.93
September.
1	16.8	None	...	...
2	16.7	„	...	...
3	16.7	„	...	...
4	16.6	„	...	...
5	17.1	„	None	...
7	17.3	„	„	16.5
8	16.7	„	„	16.6
9	16.6	„	„	16.5
10	16.2	„	„	21.8
11	17.0	„	0.6	18.6
12	16.6	„	0.3	15.3
14	16.5	„	0.4	18.1
15	17.1	„	0.0	16.9
16	17.0	„	1.2	16.8
17	Not received
18	16.7	„	None	17.1
19	16.8	„	„	17.1
21	16.7	„	„	17.1
22	16.8	„	„	17.4
23	16.6	...	„	17.4
24	16.8	...	„	17.1
25	16.9	...	„	17.0
26	17.1	„	0.5	17.1
28	17.5	„	0.0	16.9
29	16.6	„	0.6	14.3
30	17.4	„	0.6	17.9
Mean	16.83	„	0.15	17.17

TABLE XVI.
QUARTERLY RETURN
Of the Chief Gas Examiner.

Common Gas.

Results of the Daily Testings of the Gas supplied by the Gas Light and Coke Company to the Testing Station at 123, Ladbroke Grove, Notting Hill, during the months of October, November, and December, 1874.

October.
	Illuminating Power in Standard Sperm Candles.	Amount ofImpurity.
		Sulphuretted Hydrogen.	Ammonia per 100 feet, grains.	Sulphur per 100 feet, grains.
1	17.3	None	0.8	16.5
2	16.7	„	0.2	18.1
3	16.6	„	0.3	16.2
5	16.4	„	0.2	15.3
6	16.6	„	0.1	13.2
7	16.4	„	0.2	14.1
8	16.3	„	0.0	17.0
9	16.5	„	1.0	16.1
10	16.3	„	0.5	15.6
12	16.3	„	0.4	16.1
13	16.1	„	0.2	16.2
14	16.3	„	0.0	17.1
15	16.7	„	0.0	17.2
16	16.6	„	0.0	17.3
17	Not received
19	16.6	„	0.0	17.5
20	15.5	„	0.0	17.4
21	16.2	„	0.6	15.7
22	16.5	„	0.4	15.7
23	16.4	„	0.0	16.2
24	16.4	„	0.0	15.8
26	17.8	traces	0.0	15.4
27	17.4	much	0.0	15.3
28	16.8	trace	0.0	18.4
29	16.3	None	0.0	18.2
30	16.4	„	0.0	18.2
31	16.3	„	0.0	17.8
Mean	16.53	prsnt. three times.	0.19	16.44
November.
2	16.3	None	None	17.6
3	16.9	„	„	17.5
4	16.9	„	„	17.5
5	16.7	„	„	17.3
6	16.8	„	„	16.5
7	16.1	„	„	17.3
9	16.7	„	„	18.1
10	16.8	„	„	14.5
11	16.7	„	0.4	15.5
12	Not received
13	16.7	„	0.4	15.0
14	16.6	„	None	16.0
16	16.6	„	„	14.4
17	16.5	„	1.0	18.3
18	17.7	„	0.8	19.1
19	17.3	„	0.6	...
20	16.7	„	None	18.8
21	16.2	„	„	18.8
23	16.1	„	1.0	16.7
24	16.4	„	None	16.7
25	16.6	„	„	16.5
26	16.6	„	„	...
27	16.5	„,	0.3	...
28	16.9	„	0.0	16.9
30	16.7	„	0.0	18.4
Mean	16.67	„	0.19	17.02
December.
1	18.2	None	None	15.9
2	17.1	„	„	16.8
3	17.1	„	„	16.8
4	16.4	„	„	16.1
5	17.0	„	„	16.0
7	16.5	„	„	19.4
8	17.0	„	„	19.5
9	16.7	„	„	19.1
10	15.8	prsnt.	„	18.2
11	17.4	do.	0.4	22.0
12	17.2	trace	None	22.1
14	16.6	None	„	24.0
15	17.0	„	„	22.1
16	16.6	„	„	15.9
17	16.5	„	...	16.2
18	16.5	„	...	16.1
19	16.5	„	...	16.3
21	15.9	„	„	16.6
22	16.4	„	„	22.4
23	16.5	„	„	...
24	17.2	„	„	22.2
25	...	...	...	...
26	...	...	...	...
28	16.6	„	„	22.3
29	16.7	„	„	...
30	16.0	„	„	20.5
31	15.8	„	„	20.7
Mean	16.68	prsnt. three times	„	19.01