Instances of great overcrowding in cottages in—
Greenock, 121; Tranent, 121; Sleaford union 122
_The want of separate apartments and overcrowding of private dwellings._ 122
Effects of the overcrowding of private dwellings on the morals of the population, instances of, in—
The Ampthill union, 122; the Leighton Buzzard union, 123; the Bicester union, 123; the Romsey union, 123; among the border peasantry, 124; in Manchester, Liverpool, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Hull, 124; in Leeds, 126; in Nottingham, 126; in Clitheroe 126
Instances of the injurious influences of bad tenements upon the personal condition and moral habits of the inmates 128
Effects of noxious agencies in preventing frugality and promoting intemperance 129
In preventing the influence of education 132
Force of habits of intemperance in the use of spirituous liquors against all habits of decency, or frugality, or morality 133
Misconceptions as to casualties occurring among the indigent or profligate 134
_Domestic mismanagement a predisposing cause of disease._ 137
Mismanagement of earnings obstructive to the domestic improvement of the sanitary condition of the labouring classes.
Derby, 137; Birmingham, 138; Manchester, 139; Preston union, 140; Ayr, 141; Tranent, 141; Dundee 142
Attacks of fever most frequent on workmen in full employment and ordinary health 145, 147
Irrelevancy of controversy on the generation of fever, in respect to practical means of prevention 148
Concurrence of medical opinions as to the most efficient means of preventing fever 150
IV. COMPARATIVE CHANCES OF LIFE IN DIFFERENT CLASSES OF THE COMMUNITY. 153
Instances of the comparative chances of life amongst the gentry, tradesmen, and working men—
In Truro, 154; in Derby, 155; in Manchester, 157; in Rutland, 157; in the Bolton union, 158; in Bethnal Green, 159; in Leeds Borough, 159; in Liverpool, 159; in the Whitechapel union, 160; in the Strand union, 160; in the Kensington union, 161; in Wiltshire, 161; in the Kendal union 161
Tabular views of the ages at which deaths have occurred in different classes of society 162
Comparative mortality of differently circumstanced districts of the metropolis 164
Comparative prevalence of fever in different districts of Leith 167