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Islington 1906

Fifty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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[1906
INQUESTS AND MORTUARY.
During the year 642 bodies were received into the Mortuary, as against
an average of 714 in the preceding 10 years.
The present return is the lowest, with one exception, recorded within this
period.

The Coroner deemed it necessary to hold 433 inquests on these bodies, as compared with an average of 438 in the 10 years 1896-1905 and with 419 in 1905.

Bodies received into Mortuary.Inquests.
1896757463
1897708443
1898712402
1899807469
1900754475
1901693431
1902745458
1903681393
1904660424
1905625419
Average714438
1906642433

The following table gives a return of the bodies received into the Mortuary and the inquests held by the Coroner during the years 1905 and 1906.

1905.No. of bodies received.Daily Average.No. of Inquests held.1906.No. of bodies received.Daily Average.No. of Inquests held.
1st Quarter1641.81231st Quarter1802.0121
2nd „1521.61002nd „1511.6104
3rd „1481.6913rd1531.6105
4th ,,1611.71054th „1581.7103
Total for Year6251.7419Total for Year6421.7433