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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
Finsbury 1908
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1908 including annual report on factories and workshops
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Two "information certificates" were received during the year,
one from the Coal Smoke Abatement Society and one from the Public
Control Department of the London County Council.
CLEANSING OF PERSONS ACT, 1897.
During 1908 the arrangement entered into with the Holborn
Board of Guaidians to provide for the cleansing of applicants under
the above Act was adhered to. Applications were received from 13
persons, and 9 were cleansed at the Casual Wards in Gray's Inn
Lane. The total cost to the Borough was £2 14s. Od.
THE MORTUARIES.
The returns for the public mortuaries—that at Warwick Place in the Eastern Division of the Borough, and that at 47, Northampton Road, in the Western Division—are contained in the following table:—
| Northampton Road Mortuary. | Warwick Place Mortuary. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inquest cases | 95 | 66 | 161 |
| Infectious diseases | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Bodies deposited by Borough Orders | 18 | 4 | 22 |
| Bodies brought for convenience of relatives, &c. | 64 | 107 | 171 |
| Total | 184 | 184 | 368 |
In addition to the inquests mentioned above as having been held
at the Borough Mortuaries, 113 have been held elsewhere upon the
bodies of Finsbury persons. The total number of inquests was,
therefore, 274. The verdicts have been given in dealing with
accident and suicide as causes of death (Page 59).