The following changes to the original text have been made for clarity or consistency:
The word “death roll” changed to “death-roll” throughout to match the more numerous instances of the latter form in the original text.
Page 254 - reference to “The Artisans’ and Labourers’ Dwellings Act (Torrens) of 1868” changed to “The Artizans’ and Labourers’ Dwellings Act (Torrens) of 1868”.
Page 437 - reference in the Index to “Metropolitan Markets Act, 1851” changed to the correct title of “Metropolitan Market Act, 1851” as cited on page 247.
Footnotes have been re-indexed using numbers and collected together at the end of the last chapter. Where there were multiple references on a page to the same footnote, the second and subsequent reference is now sequentially numbered with its own footnote which says “Ibid.”
The following variations of a word or descriptive term are common in the original text and have been retained:
“Common Lodging House”, “lodging house” and “lodging-house”
“back-yard” and ”backyard”
“cow-houses” and “cow houses”
“lime-washed” and “limewashed”
“over-crowded”, “overcrowded”
“over-crowding”, “overcrowding”
“re-built”, “rebuilt”
“re-build”, “rebuild”
“re-inspection” and “reinspection”
“sub-soil” and “subsoil”
“tenement-house” and “tenement house”
“Wash-houses” and “Washhouses”
“water-course” and “watercourse”