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suicide. Three died from self-inflicted wounds with razors
and carving knife, and 3 from drowning in the Hampstead
ponds.
Mortuary.—70 bodies were received during the year, the
number of post-mortem examinations upon these being 14;
16 bodies were brought in by the police, either the result of
accident or bring found dead, 3 by order of the medical
officer, 2 by order of medical men, and 4 by the request of
friends. The Coroner orders the removal of bodies in many
cases for the purposes of inquest.
Factory and Workshops Act, 1895.—This Act came into
force on January 1st, 1896. By this Act all workshops are
to be registered, and Section 6 provides a penalty for allowing
wearing apparel to be made, cleansed or repaired in places
where there is infectious disease, particularly small-pox and
scarlet fever. Lists of outworkers are to be kept, and such
lists are to be open to inspection by any officer of the Vestry.
Any workshop which does not provide 250 cubic feet of air
in proportion to the number of persons employed, and 400
cubic feet of air during overtime, shall be deemed to be overcrowded.
The Sanitary Authority is to deal with nuisances
arising from overcrowding, and to enforce cleanliness, lime
washing, ventilation and freedom from effluvia. Laundries
are workshops under the meaning of the Act.
Water Supply.—In his report on the chemical, physical,
and bacteriological examination of water supplied by the
Metropolitan Water Companies during 1895, Professor
Frankland states that the Thames water distributed during
the year 1895 was of better average quality than that sent