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Islington 1926
Seventy-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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[1926
INQUESTS AND MORTUARY.
During the year 308 bodies were received into the Mortuary, as compared
with an average of 372 in the preceding 10 years.
Only two infectious bodies were received during the year.
The daily average number of bodies received was 0.8 as aerainst 0.7 in 1925.
| Bodies received into Mortuary. | Inquests. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1916 | ||
The following Table gives a return of the bodies received into the Mortuary and the inquests held by the Coroner during the years 1926 and 1925 :—
| 1926 | No. of bodies received. | Daily Average. | No. of Inquests held. | 1925 | No. of bodies received. | Daily Average. | No. of Inquests held. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
* Inclusive of Inquests held by the Coroner upon bodies of deceased persons who died
in Public Institutions in the borough.
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.
1,918 cases of the principal diseases which are notifiable under the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891, came to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.
This number does not include other communicable ailments, which are also
notifiable. The complete list of infectious diseases which are notifiable in
Islington will be found on page 32.