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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Kensington 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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The number of bodies deposited in 1911 and the five preceding years, together with the number of inquests held and the number of post-mortem examinations made in the Mortuary is shown in the following Table:—
| Year | No. of bodies received at the Mortuary. | No. of bodies upon v/hich Coroner's inquests were held. | No. of bodies upon which post mortem examinations were made. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1906 | 341 | 217 | 127 |
| 1907 | 274 | 194 | 112 |
| 1908 | 251 | 174 | 107 |
| 1909 | 263 | 181 | 110 |
| 1910 | 233 | 145 | 103 |
Unnecessary inconvenience having been caused by numerous applications from undertakers
for the reception of bodies late at night, the period during which bodies will be received, except
in case of emergency, has been limited on the recommendation of the Cemetery and Open Spaces
Sub-Committee to the hours between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., and undertakers have been notified to this
effect. During the year 79 bodies were deposited in the Chapel of Rest, Avondale Park. Fifty-six
bodies were deposited in the previous year.
VACCINATION.
1 hrough the courtesy of Mr. King, the vaccination officer, I am able to publish in the
Appendix, Table XI., the official returns respecting the vaccination of children whose births were
registered in 1910. Out of a total number of 3.020 infants born 245 were not vaccinated on account
of „ conscientious objection „on the part of the parents, and 145 remained unvaccinated through
removal to places unknown.„ The total number of cases not finally accounted for or not
vaccinated through „conscientious objection„ on the part of the parents thus amounted to 390 or
to 13 per cent, of the births registered as compared with losses of 10, 8, 7, 8, 6, 6, 6, 5, 6 and 7 per
cent, of the births registered in the preceding ten years.