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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The number of deaths in Public institutions in the Borough
of persons not belonging to the Borough, arranged as to sex, age,
causes of death, and the institution in which the death occurred is
shown on Table iV., and of persons belonging to the Borough on
Table V.
Diseases of the Nervous System.
From the above, which are included in All Other Causes,
there were i20 deaths during the year, 56 of these being of persons
belonging to Clapham, 19 to Putney, 18 to Streatham, and 74 to
Wandsworth,
Mortuaries.
No change has taken place in the Mortuary arrangements
during the year.
The Mortuary at Clapham was improved by cementing the
walls, and by the construction of a door with large glass panels
so that bodies could be viewed without entering the room itself.
The other Mortuaries were cleansed regularly as necessity
arose.
in Clapham 43 bodies were removed to the Mortuary, in
Streatham 47, in Tooting 18, and in Wandsworth 104, of which
32 were from Putney, a total of 212.
Nothing further has been done with reference to the erection
of the new Mortuary and Coroner's Court in Wandsworth, as the
land is not available.
Water Supply.
The Borough is supplied by two Companies, the Southwark
and Vauxhall Company which supplier Putney, the greater part
of Wandsworth and part of Clapham, and the Lambeth Company
which supplies Streatham, Tooting, part of Wandsworth and part
of Clapham.
The following Tables, which have been extracted from the
monthly reports of the Water Examiners appointed under the
Metropolis Water Act, 1871, show the results of analyses of the
water of the two Companies for each month during the year.