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Show London's Health is on Gain. i Death Rate Reduced Thirty Per Cent. Since Passage of Act of 1891. Londom What a wondorfully healthy placo London would appear to bo In spite of Its black spots Is shown by a striking report from tho pen of Sir Shlrloy Murphy, medical officer of health for London county. In comparing compar-ing London with othor towns, however, how-ever, It Bhould bo remembered that the metropolis has a health act, passed In 1891, which gives tho local authorities authori-ties far greater powors than thoso possessed by tho sanitary districts In tho provinces. How valuable, Indeed, how necessary neces-sary aro theso poworB, Is proved by Sir Shlrloy Murphy's statement that slnco tho net was passed tho London denth ruto has diminished by over 30 per cent., and that this means a saving In each of tho Inst two years of over 19,000 lives, which, In Its turn, means nn addition to tho Ufa capital of Lon don of throo-quartors of a million years. Tho London death rato Is for tho year undor revlow 15.1 por 1,000, which Is loss than that of any othor town with moro than 200,000 Inhabitants, Inhab-itants, except Bristol nnd Lolcestor. An analysis of tho London flguros, hnwovor, rovcals that tho changes of llfo nro much greater In somo parts of tho metropolis than In others. Tho dentil rnto varies from 9,4 In Ilomp-Btcnd Ilomp-Btcnd to 20.7 In Flnsbury. Tho Infant mortality figures tell the samo story, tho denth rato being 77 per 1,000 for children undor ot.o year In Hempstead to 1G0 In Flnsbury and 1G3 In Shoro-dltch Shoro-dltch 4 i Tho mnrrlago rato, whllo slightly In oxcess of that of tho provlous year, shows a steady decline Tho birth rato Is tho lowest on record. |