Corrections to the Original Text
Minor typographical errors have been corrected but inconsistent use of accents and punctuation are as in the original text unless otherwise noted. Archaic spellings have been left unchanged.
The following misprints and other errors have been corrected:
Page 42 - the text “was it a” changed to “it was a” (“but none the less it was a forward step towards a sounder and wiser system of government”).
Page 96 - the text “it amounted it” changed to “it amounted to” (“And that is what, undoubtedly, it amounted to”).
Page 121 - “61·3 of the total deaths.” changed to “61·3 per cent. of the total deaths.”
Page 145 - the text “illness resulting difficult of cure” changed to “illness resulting in difficulty of cure” (“each from illness resulting in difficulty of cure, constantly recurring.”).
Page 199 - the text “precisely the powers which not last year only,” changed to “precisely the powers which, not last year only,” (“Section 35 gives precisely the powers which, not last year only, but every year since the constitution of the Board, the Medical Officer has demanded”).
Page 203 - sentence changed from “And another example near Paddington Road—where 275 houses had been built, and the population was 493 to the acre; showing”
to read
“And another example near Paddington Road, where 275 houses had been built, and the population was 493 to the acre, showing—”