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Islington 1924

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

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1924]
INQUESTS AND MORTUARY.
During the year 294 bodies were received into the Mortuary, as compared
with an average of 430 in the preceding 10 years.
Only two infectious bodies were received during the year.
The daily average number of bodies received was 0'8, and was equal to' the
average of 1923.
In 317 cases inquests were held, as contrasted with an average of 346 in the
ten years 1914-23.

Table: It will be noticed that the number of inquests exceeds the bodies actually received into the mortuary during the year; which is due to the fact that the total inquests also include those held by the Coroner at the Islington Coroner's Court upon bodies of deceased persons who died in Public Institutions in the Borough

It will be noticed that the number of inquests exceeds the bodies actually received into the mortuary during the year; which is due to the fact that the total inquests also include those held by the Coroner at the Islington Coroner's Court upon bodies of deceased persons who died in Public Institutions in the Borough

Bodies received into Mortuary.Inquests.
1914537369
1915612475
1916 ...507394
1917479359
1918 ...476348
1919 ...429321
1920340312
1921313299
1922 ...316307
1923 ...288279
Average430346
1924294317

Table: The following Table gives a return of the bodies received into the Mortuary and the inquests held by the Coroner during the years 1924 and 1923.:—

The following Table gives a return of the bodies received into the Mortuary and the inquests held by the Coroner during the years 1924 and 1923.:—

1924No. of bodies received.Daily Average.No. of Inquests held.1923No. of bodies received.Daily Average.No. of Inquests held.
1st Quarter1011.01101st Ouarter750886
2nd700.7762nd570659
3rd440.5553rd ,,810965
4th790.8764th „750869
Total for year2940.8317Total for year28808279

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PREVENTION OF INFECTION.
Notification, Isolation, Fatality, of Specified Diseases under the
Provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
The Principal Diseases Include :
Small Pox, Diphtheria, Scarlet Fever, Enteric Fever, Typhus Fever,
Puerperal Fever and Erysipelas.
There was 2,085 cases of the diseases which are notifiable under the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891. This number does not include other communicable
ailments, which are now notifiable. The complete list of infectious diseases which
are notifiable in Islington are enumerated on page 26.