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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 1900
Report on the proceedings of the Public Health (Sanitary) Department of the Corporation of London during the year 1900
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DISINFECTION, &., AT CITY
MORTUARY.
4,100 articles of bedding, clothing, furniture
&c., were received at Golden Lane and disinfected.
98 bodies were received at the Mortuary,
pending interment; the number for the three
preceding years being 102, 108, and 131.
NUMBER of Articles disinfected, bodies received at the Mortuary, and Inquests held at the Coroner's Court in the City during 1000, compared with the average for the previous five years.
| Year. | Articles of Bedding, &c., disinfected. | Bodies received at the Mortuary. | Inquests held on bodies. | Inquests held on Fires. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1895 | 5,637 | 113 | 59 | 3 |
| 1896 | 6,055 | 94 | 61 | 2 |
| 1897 | 5,075 | 131 | 68 | 3 |
| 1898 | 5,349 | 108 | 59 | 2 |
| 1899 | 9,175 | 102 | 49 | Nil. |
| Average for previous five years. | 6,258 | 109 | 59 | 2 |
| 1900 | 4,100 | 98 | 61 | Nil. |