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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

Islington 1919

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

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1919] 30
INQUESTS AND MORTUARY.
During the year 429 bodies were received into the Mortuary, as compared
with an average of 567 in the preceding 10 years. The return is the lowest
known for very many years.
Ten infectious bodies were received during the year.
The daily average number of bodies received was 1.1 as compared with
1.3 in 1918.

Table: In 321 cases inquests were held, as contrasted with an average of 399 in the ten years 1909-1918.

In 321 cases inquests were held, as contrasted with an average of 399 in the ten years 1909-1918.

Bodies received into Mortuary.Inquests.
1909592407
1910609385
1911646425
1912634443
1913575384
1914537369
1915612475
1916507394
1917479359
1918476348
Average567399
1919429321

Table: The following Table gives a return of the bodies received into the Mortuary and the inquests held by the Coroner during the years 1919 and 1918.

The following Table gives a return of the bodies received into the Mortuary and the inquests held by the Coroner during the years 1919 and 1918.

1918.No. of bodies received.Dally Average.No. of Inquests held.1919.No. of bodies received.Daily Average.No. of Inquests held
1st Quarter11512971st Quarter1281.492
2nd ,,9110802nd ,, ,,941.076
3rd „9210693rd ,, ,,810.953
4th ,,178191024th ,, ,,1261.8100
Total for Year4761.3348Total for Year4291.1321