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Islington 1898

Forty-third annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington

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[1898

Table: 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 1897 and 1898.

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 1897 and 1898.

1897.No. of bodies received.Daily Average.No. of Iuquesta held.189S.No. of bodies received.Daily Average.No. of Inquests held.
1st Quarter1671.81181st Quarter2152.4132
2nd „1541.71022nd „1511.788
3rd „1771.91023rd „1802.079
4th „2102.31214th „1661.8103
Total fur Year7081.9413Total for Year7121.9402

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SLAUGHTER HOUSES.
There are at present 65 Slaughter Houses in Islington. These
have all been kept in good condition during the year. Indeed, their
state was so satisfactory, that for the first time for many years it was
not necessary for the Vestry to oppose the renewal of any of the licenses
at the Annual Sessions.
It is not, however, to be understood from these remarks that their
improved condition justifies their continuation as slaughter houses, for
every modern writer on the subject holds that, from a hygienic point of
view, private slaughter houses are most undesirable. This view has
been endorsed by the Vestry on at least two occasions, on each of which
it has almost unanimously declared in favour of a public abattoir.
From a return made not long since and submitted to the Vestry,
it appears that there are 140 beasts, 19 calves, 1,187 sheep, and 20 pigs