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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
St Luke 1894
Report on the sanitary condition, vital statistics, &c., of the Parish of St. Luke, Middlesex for the year 1894
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Metropolis Local Management Act, 1855, and Public Health
(London) Act, 1891.
Two summonses were taken out under the above Acts, with
the following results:—
In one case the Magistrate ordered a new drain to premises as
required, and fined the defendant 40s. and costs.
In the second case the summons was dismissed, the defendant
proving to the Magistrate's satisfaction that the goods condemned
did not belong to him.
The Mortuary and Coroner's Court.
During the twelve months under consideration, 225 bodies
were, on sanitary grounds, received into the Mortuary. Seventyone
Inquests were held during the same period, and the sum of
£17 10s. paid to the Vestry for the accommodation afforded by
the Coroner's Court. Thirty-seven Post-mortem examinations
were held in the Post-mortem Room adjoining the Coroner's
Court.
A large quantity of Disinfecting Powder and Carbolic Acid
has been given away to Parishioners.
JOHN E. RUGG,
FRED. A. BARTH,
Sanitary
Inspectors.
Vestry Hall, City Road, E.C.