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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

Kensington 1909

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health 1909

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Table: The number of bodies deposited in 1909 and the four preceding years, together with the number of inquests held and the number of post-mortem examinations made in the Mortuary is shown in the following table:— Number of Bodies taken into the Mortuary.

The number of bodies deposited in 1909 and the four preceding years, together with the number of inquests held and the number of post-mortem examinations made in the Mortuary is shown in the following table:— Number of Bodies taken into the Mortuary.

Year.No. of bodies received at the Mortuary.No. of bodies upon which Coroner's inquests were held.No. of bodies upon which post mortem examinations were made.
1905338202119
1906341217127
1907274194112
1908251174107
1909263181110

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Unnecessary inconvenience having been caused by numerous applications from undertakers
for the reception of bodies late at night, the period during which bodies will be received, except
in case of emergency, has been limited on the recommendation of the Cemetery and Open Spaces
Sub-committee to the hours between 8 A.M. and 8 P.M., and undertakers have been notified to this
effect. During the year 60 bodies were deposited in the Chapel of Rest, Avondale Park. SixtyTour
bodies were deposited in the previous year.
VACCINATION.
Through the courtesy of Mr. King, the vaccination officer, I am able to" publish in the Appendix,
Table XI., the official returns respecting the vaccination of children whose births were
registered in 1908. Out of a total number of 3,309 infants born 117 were not vaccinated on account
of " conscientious objection " on the part of the parents, and 157 remained unvaccinated through
" removal to places unknown." The total number of cases not finally accounted for or not
vaccinated through "conscientious objection" on the part of the parents thus amounted to 274 or
to 8.3 per cent, of the births registered as compared with losses of 10.1, 12.7, 8.1, 6.8, 7.6, 6.1, 5.8,
5.8, 5.4, 6.3 and 6.8 per cent, of the births registered in the preceding eleven years.