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Holborn 1903
Report for the year 1903 of the Medical Officer of Health
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SUDDEN AND VIOLENT DEATHS.
Inquests.
The following inquests on the bodies of Parishioners were held : —
Coroner: Dr. G. P. Danford Thomas, 20, Brunswick Square.
Inquiry Officer: Mr. Richard Powell, 58, Hemingford Road, Barnsbury, N.
Total Number.
Cause of Death.
Natural.
Accidents.
Suicide.
Manslaughter.
Bloomsbury and St. Giles
25
9
11
5
-
58
26
29
2
1
Holborn ..
Total
83
35
40
7
1
THE PUBLIC MORTUARY, GOLDSMITH STREET.
133 bodies were received (21 being non-parishioners), and on these 70 inquests were held, and 39 post-mortems made.
| District. | Bodies received. | Inquests held. | Post-mortems. | Non.Parishioners. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomsbury and St. Giles | 52 | 26 | 15 | 11 |
| Holborn.. | 81 | 44 | 24 | 10 |
| Total | 133 | 70 | 39 | 21 |
HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES ACT.
Under Part I. of the Act.
Italian Colony.
Details of this area which was represented by me in 1901, were given in my Annual Report
for that year. This Council has sent several communications to the London County Council, urging
that Council to proceed with this area. Since the representation was made, Nos. 27 to 31 inclusive,
Eyre Street Hill, have been demolished and rebuilt as warehouses, and Nos. 1 and 2, Eyre Court, and
4½ Little Bath Street have been closed as inhabited houses, and are now used entirely for the manufacture
and storage of ice cream.
On the 4th January, 1904, the Housing of the Working Classes Committee reported as follows:—
" In our Report of the 7th December last, we stated that we were considering a letter which
had been received from the Secretary of State for the Home Department, enquiring the Council's
views as to the proposal of the London County Council not to make a Scheme under Part I. of the
Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, for the improvement of this area, as it appears to be
the intention of the freeholders to develop the property for commercial purposes. The enquiries
which the Town Clerk has been making with a view of ascertaining the accuracy of this allegation
are almost completed, and we hope to bo in a position to definitely report to the Council on the
subject shortly. In the meanwhile, bearing in mind the fact that if the area were to be redeveloped
by the owners for commercial purposes, that a very large population of the working classes would
be displaced, we felt that it was desirable that we should ascertain whether, in the event of such a