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City of London 1895
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1895
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CHOLERA NOTIFICATIONS.
In my last Annual Report I tabulated notifications
relating to 86 persons arriving in the
City from 9 Foreign Ports infected with Cholera.
During- 1895 none reached me.
CITY MORTUARY.
The keeper of the Mortuary received 5,637
articles of clothing, etc., and 5 street cabs at
Golden Lane, and returned them to the owners
after disinfection, being no less than 1,191
more than in 1894 of the former.
In a few cases compensation was given to
the owners of bedding and clothing, when such
articles were destroyed, as being unfit for
further use.
There were also 113 bodies received at the
City Mortuary, and kept in decent custody
until the time of burial.
Fifty-nine Coroner's Inquests were held on
bodies, and three Inquests on fires.