Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Forty-second annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington
This page requires JavaScript
167
[1897
MORTUARY AND CORONER'S COURT.
The following table gives a return of the bodies received into the Mortuary and the inquests held by the coroner during years 1896 and 1897.
1896. | No. of bodies received. | Daily Average. | No. of Inquests held. | 1897. | No. of bodies received. | Daily Average. | No. of Inquests held. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 st Quarter „ | 196 | 2.1 | 121 | 1st Quarter | 167 | 1.8 | 118 |
2nd „ | 175 | 1.9 | 117 | 2nd „ | 154 | 1.7 | 102 |
3rd „ | 205 | 2.2 | 111 | 3rd „ | 177 | 1.9 | 102 |
4th „ | 181 | 2.0 | 114 | 4th „ | 210 | 2.3 | 121 |
Total for Year | 757 | 2.0 | 463 | Total for Year | 708 | 1.9 | 443 |