Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1897
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DISINFECTION.
5,075 articles of bedding, clothing, furniture,
&c., were received at Golden Lane and disinfected
; 8 cabs were also purified.
131 bodies were received at the Mortuary,
pending interment; the number for the three
preceding years being 127, 112, and 94.
CORONER'S COURT.
68 Inquests were held on bodies, against
67, 59, and 61 in the years 1894, 5, and 6.
Three Fire inquests were held, compared with
3, 3, and 2 in the three preceding years
respectively.
SANITARY INSPECTIONS.
8,733 Inspections were made. These include
the original defects discovered by the
Inspectors in the discharge of their daily
duty, as well as the re-inspection of the
same property during the execution of the
works required to remedy the same.