Forty-eighth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington page 95

Islington 1903

Forty-eighth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington

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95
1903
INQUESTS AND MORTUARY.
During the year 681 bodies were received into the Mortuary, one being
taken there because the deceased had suffered from infectious disease. The
is the lowest since 1889 when 613 bodies were removed thither.

Table: The coroner found it necessary to hold 393 inquests as compared with 458 in 1902, and with an average of 438 in the ten years immediately preceding.

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The coroner found it necessary to hold 393 inquests as compared with 458 in 1902, and with an average of 438 in the ten years immediately preceding.

	Bodies received into Mortuary.	Inquests.
1893	820	445
1894	685	382
1895	742	412
1896	757	463
1897	708	443
1898	712	402
1899	807	467
1900	754	475
1901	693	431
1902	745	458
Average	742	438
1903	681	393

Table: The following table gives a return of the bodies received into the Mortuary and the inquests held by the Coroner during the years 1902 and 1903.

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The following table gives a return of the bodies received into the Mortuary and the inquests held by the Coroner during the years 1902 and 1903.

1902.	No. of bodies received.	Daily Average.	No. of Inquests held.	1903.	No. of bodies received.	Daily Average.	No. of Inquests held.
1st Quarter	225	2.5	141	1st Quarter	166	1.8	110
2nd „	182	2.0	104	2nd „	179	1.9	104
3rd „	155	1.7	94	3rd „	174	1.9	80
4th „	183	2.0	119	4th „	162	1.7	99
Total for Year	745	20	458	Total for Year	681	1.8	393

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Table: The coroner found it necessary to hold 393 inquests as compared with 458 in 1902, and with an average of 438 in the ten years immediately preceding.

Table: The following table gives a return of the bodies received into the Mortuary and the inquests held by the Coroner during the years 1902 and 1903.