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Parish of Clapham.
In addition there were 19 deaths registered on the
authority of the coroner without any inquest being held.
The causes to which these deaths were attributed included
diphtheria, whooping cough, cancer, influenza, diarrhoea,
heart disease, debility, &c., &c. It is not satisfactory to
the statistician that these deaths should be so registered
without any medical certificate, or medical evidence at an
inquest, or any post mortem. No doubt many of them are
practically certified by medical men, who, owing to the
time that had elapsed between their seeing the patients
and their death, were unable to give a regular certificate,
but a doubt as to the correct statement of the canse of
death will always arise in these cases.
Disinfection.
Disinfecting
Station.
General Sanitary Proceedings.
During the year, 330 rooms in 300 houses,
were fumigated with sulphur. In addition, rooms in 11
houses were certified by the medical practitioner in attendance
to have been disinfected to his satisfaction.
258 lots of bedding, clothing, &c., have been disinfected
by steam by the contractor.
It has been found impossible hitherto to
procure a site for this purpose. The property
of the Board in the parish is not available owing to the
provisions of the lease. It is to be hoped that the difficulty
will be overcome, as I consider the disinfection of
articles should be under the direct supervision of the
officers of the Board. I have no reason to suppose that
the work is not now efficiently done, but of course it is
not possible to exercise much control over the details.
Stripping and
Cleansing Rooms
after Infectious
Disease.
252 notices were served to effect this. In 54
cases the work was done by the Board's employes.