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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Islington 1900

Forty-fifth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington

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Table: MORTUARY. The following table gives a return of the bodies received into the Mortuary and the inquests held by the Coroner during the years 1899 and 1900.

MORTUARY. The following table gives a return of the bodies received into the Mortuary and the inquests held by the Coroner during the years 1899 and 1900.

1899.No. of bodies received.Daily Average.No. of Inquests held.1900.No. of bodies received.Daily Average.No. of Inquests held.
1st Quarter2052•31251st Quarter2522•8165
2nd ,,1721•91052nd ,,1832•0123
3rd ,,1852•0913rd „1531•687
4th ,,2452•61484th „1661•8100
Total for Year8072•2469Total for Year7542•1475

Table: RESULTS OF PROSECUTIONS. SUMMARY OF SUMMONSES. —Year ending 29th December, 1900.

RESULTS OF PROSECUTIONS. SUMMARY OF SUMMONSES. —Year ending 29th December, 1900.

Prosecutions.Successful.Dismissed.Withdrawn.
"Public Health (London) Act, 1891"97855†7
"Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 1875-9"61471*†13
"Margarine Act, 1887"1412...2
Total172144622

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* This number includes nine cases in which the nuisances had been abated,
† Six of these were alternative summonses.
Further particulars of these prosecutions will be given by the Town Clerk in
his Annual Report to the Council.
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