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DISINFECTION SERVICE.
During the year, 1,443 rooms and 22,172 articles
were disinfected for various reasons, liquid Formalin
in the form of a spray being used for the purpose of
disinfecting rooms.
The table appended gives full details of the
rooms, bedding and clothing disinfected.
PUBLIC MORTUARY.
(Church Row, Bethnal Green, E.2.)
During the year 130 bodies were received at the
Mortuary, i.e.—
On Coroner's order 91
From the Police 8
By Sanitary Inspector's order 2
At the request of relatives 29
Exact particulars are only available as to the 100
bodies on which coroner's inquests were held. On
63 of these bodies post-mortem examinations were
made.
Mortuary Statistics.
Places from which bodies were brought to the
Mortuary.
Removed by the Police from the canal 2
„ „ „ „ ,, streets, etc. 6
Removed from Bethnal Green Hospital 19
„ „ Queen's Hospital 12
„ „ Mildmay Mission Hospl. 4
„ „ Victoria Park Hospital 1
„ „ Private houses, etc. 56
Total 100