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ALCOHOLISM.
Only 18 deaths were assigned to alcoholism or cirrhosis of liver, 14 in
St. Giles and Bloomsbury and 4 in the Holborn District. These represent only
a portion of the deaths really caused by alcoholism, as they are frequently
registered under the headings of other secondary causes.
CANCER.
50 deaths were registered as due to cancer or malignant disease, 32
belonging to St. Giles and Bloomsbury and 18 to the Holborn District.
OTHER CAUSES OF DEATH.
Further details as to causes of and ages at death are given in Table III. of
the Appendix.
INQUESTS.
Coroner: Walter Schroder, Esq., Office, Manor Place, Paddington Green, W.
Inquiry Officer: Mr. Richard Powell, 58, Hemingford Eoad, Barnsbury, N.

THE PUBLIC MORTUARY, GOLDSMITH STREET.
73 bodies were received (44 being parishioners), and on these 49 inquests
(22 of parishioners) were held, and 38 post-mortems (17 of parishioners) made.
While alterations and improvements were being carried out at our Mortuary
during February, March and April, 17 body were taken for this Council at the
Finsbury Mortuary, and on these 16 inquests were held and 11 post-mortems made.
NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Excluding duplicate notifications and 204 notifications of Phthisis, the
number of notifications of infectious diseases in the Borough during 1913 was
232 in comparison with a decennial average of 267. The notifications per 1,000
of the population were less than for London, namely 4.86 per 1,000 in comparison
with 6.96 for London.
For further details, see the following Table and Table II, of the Appendix.
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