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City of London 1919

Report of the Medical Officer of Health of the City of London for the year 1919

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Up to the date of writing this report (28th July, 1920) over 2,756 dozen
brushes have been returned to Japan, and the Ministry of Health duly notified
of each consignment, and 689 5 /12th dozen suspected shaving brushes have been
destroyed.
When the matter is finally closed, a fuller report on the subject will be submitted
to the Sanitary Committee. The main part of this work has been conducted
during the present year and not in the year under review.
RAT REPRESSION.
A special report on this subject has recently been presented to the Sanitary
Committee and to the Court of Common Council. It is not necessary, therefore,
to enlarge upon this subject, other than to state that in accordance with the
decision of the Court it has been decided to appoint two inspectors, in addition
to the one now engaged on the work, for supervisory purposes and to enable
observations to be made on rat repression and to consider the results of any action
taken. In six months' time a full report will be submitted containing the results
of experience gained and probably suggesting that a self-supporting scheme,
having for its object the control and execution of rat repressive measures, may
with advantage be undertaken under the aegis of the Corporation.

Table: CREMATIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, 35 Years—1885-1919.

CREMATIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, 35 Years—1885-1919.

YEAR.Woking.*Manchester.Glasgow.Liverpool.Hull.Darlington.Leicester.Golder's Green.Birmingham.LeedsCity of London.Sheffield.Bradford.W. Norwood.No. of Cremations each year.
18853....................................................3
188610....................................................10
188713....................................................13
188828....................................................28
188946....................................................46
189054....................................................54
189199....................................................99
18921043................................................107
189310130................................................131
189412547................................................172
189515058l............................................209
189613752102........................................201
1897173511610........................................250
1898240621227........................................341
1899240881623........................................367
1900301832040........................................444
190127396184017l................................445
1902275812054132l5........................451
19031439224351815158l....................477
1904138981940207822019....................569
19059597353515416252221697l....604
1906140904446171312298251523614....743
1907108983034298122903316181813....707
1908119116283237614364182419126....795
19091051063046159194213019241813....855
1910106114283721916415381222814....840
191111412439502512135424417201013....1,023
19121251494452271514591402432129....1,134
191312817249662311116025916211515....1,188
1914124184574816117†6715328422018....1,279
191515316563533416227304520452112101,389
19161251796558259236336322441311701,340
1917129178656222143071950176825101181,507
1918142197746943174282064347050201531,795
1919181235848946263691976306841311692,031
Total454730458991049465193305865067931052427520055921,702

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* "Viscount Cross in the year 1879 forbade the practice of cremation there (Woking) under the threat of passing an Act to make it illegal
". . . . But in 1884 appeared the well-known judgment of Mr. Justice Stephen, which, in the case of a child's body having been burned by its
"father contrary to the order of the coroner, determined cremation to be a legal act, provided no nuisance be caused thereby to others."—Extract
from speech made by the late Sir Henry Thompson at the opening of Golder's Green Crematorium, 22nd November, 1902. Vide " Transactions of
Cremation Society of England, 1903." p. 31.
† Closed for reconstruction from August, 1913, to July, 1914.