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Battersea 1902

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1903

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alterations for the more complete separation of the tenements.
These alterations increased the cost of the building by £60,
so that the amount of the loan for which the sanction of the
Board was received on 9th October was ,£1,056. The building
is now rapidly approaching completion.
Mortuary.
The number of bodies removed to the Mortuary in
Sheepcote Lane was 223. 213 were inquest cases, 8 bodies
of patients dying from infectious disease, and 7 bodies
removed for sanitary reasons from crowded homes.

Table: The following table gives the number of bodies removed to the Mortuary in each year since 1892 :— TABLE XXIV.

The following table gives the number of bodies removed to the Mortuary in each year since 1892 :— TABLE XXIV.

Year.Number of bodies received in the Mortuary.Number of bodies upon which postmortem examinations were held.Number of bodies upon which Coroner's inquests were held.
1892193163187
1893243200237
1894224197208
1895259210232
1896293242278
1897289246273
1898294238267
1899274221260
1900291234273
1901321271304
1902239198224
1903223207213