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were held, and in 38 instances postmortem examinations were made
and inquests followed. The following table indicates the causes of
death of the persons whose bodies were received into the Mortuary.
Cause of Death or Verdict.
Number of
Bodies received.
Deaths from natural causes 25
Accidental deaths 4
Misadventure 1
Neglect at Birth 2
Septic poisoning 1
Burning 2
Murder 1
Open verdict 3
Suicide—Fall under train 2
Fall from window 2
Gas poisoning 4
Poisoning by Lysol 1
Spirits of salts 1
Hanging 1
Total 50
The Exhumation of Human Remains.
Whenever an exhumation licence is issued by the Home Office
under Section 25 of the Burial Act, 1857, the Medical Officer of Health
for the district concerned is notified, in order that he may be in a
position to take (under his general power) any action that may appear
to him to be necessary in the interests of the public health.
In 4 cases during 1925 where licences were granted for the
removal of human remains from the Hampstead Cemetery, the sanitary
staff acted in co-operation with the officials of the Cemetery in order
that the public health might be safeguarded.
Section 4.
Housing.
During the five years covered by this Report, continuous efforts
have been maintained to deal with the Housing problem as far as it
lies within the power of a Metropolitan Borough Council, and there is
no single piece of uncovered land in the Borough, large or small,
which has not been the subject of consideration by the Borough
Council. There are areas of land that are yet unbuilt on, but they are
either public property or railway land, and are not, therefore, available
for the purposes of the Housing Acts.