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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

City of London 1896

Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1896

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DISINFECTION
6,066 articles of clothing, etc., and 19 street
cabs were received at Golden Lane, and returned
to the owners after disinfection, being
418 more than in 1895 of the former, and 14 of
the latter.
Compensation was given to persons of the
poorer classes, in suitable cases, tc the owners
of bedding and clothing, when such articles
were destroyed as being unfit or unsafe for
further use.
94 bodies were received at the Mortuary,
pending their removal for interment.
CORONER'S COURT.
61 Coroner's Inquests were held on bodies,
and 2 on fires.
SANITARY INSPECTIONS.
9,410 inspections were made. This number
includes the original defects discovered by the