Sixty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington page 37

Islington 1916

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

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37 [1916
INQUESTS AND MORTUARY.
During the year 507 bodies were received into the Mortuary, as compared
with an average of 605 in the preceding 10 years. The return is the lowest
known for very many years.
The daily average number of bodies received was 14 as compared with
1.7 in 1915.

Table: In 394 cases inquests were held, as contrasted with an average of 416 in the ten years 1906-1915.

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In 394 cases inquests were held, as contrasted with an average of 416 in the ten years 1906-1915.

	Bodies received into Mortuary,	Inquests.
1906	642	433
1907	644	441
1908	563	396
1909	592	407
1910	609	385
1911	646	425
1912	634	443
1913	575	384
1914	537	369
1915	612	475
Average	605	416
1916	507	394

Table: The following Table gives a return of the bodies received into the Mortuary and the inquests held by the Coroner during the years 1915 and1916.

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The following Table gives a return of the bodies received into the Mortuary and the inquests held by the Coroner during the years 1915 and1916.

1915.	No. of bodies received.	Daily Average	No. of Inquests held.	1916.	No. of bodies received.	Daily Average.	No. of Inquests held.
1st Quarter	165	1.8	126	1st Quarter ..	161	1.7	143
2nd „	136	1.5	110	2nd ,,	96	1.0	67
3rd ,,	136	1.5	104	3rd „	106	1.1	69
4th „	175	1.9	135	4th ,,	144	1.6	115
Total for Year	612	1.7	475	Total for Year	507	1.4	394

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Table: In 394 cases inquests were held, as contrasted with an average of 416 in the ten years 1906-1915.

Table: The following Table gives a return of the bodies received into the Mortuary and the inquests held by the Coroner during the years 1915 and1916.