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Deaths of Children, 5-15 years, 1928.
Eight children (one boy and seven girls) from 5 to 15 years of age died during
1928. One death, male, 5 years, was from diphtheria; two deaths, ages
6 and 13 years, were from pneumonia; one, age 6 years, was due to measles; one,
age 5 years, to rheumatic fever, and three, ages 6, 10, and 12 years, to other
diseases.
SANITARY ADMINISTRATION.
Public Mortuary.
The Public Mortuary provided by the Council is situated in Goldsmith Street.
During the year 32 bodies were deposited. There were 25 post mortem
examinations made, and 9 inquests held. The inquests are held in the Court
Eoom at the Town Hall. On 4 occasions bodies awaiting burial were
removed to the mortuary on account of inadequate accommodation in the homes;
28 bodies were brought in by order of the Coroner.
Inquests.
During the year 28 inquests were held on the bodies of Holborn parishioners.
Many of these died outside the Borough and the inquests were held in the
district where death took place, the deaths being subsequently transferred to
Hclborn. The causes of death certified as a result of such inquests were :—Natural
causes, 3; Accidents, 8; Suicide, 10; Misadventure, 7.
The Removal of Aged, Infirm and Diseased Persons.
Power to deal with this matter was included in the London County Council
(General Powers) Bill, 1928, which received the Eoyal assent on the 3rd August
of last year. This Act provides that if a Medical Officer of Health certifies in
writing that any person: —
(a) is aged or infirm or physically incapacitated and resides in premises
in the district which are insanitary owing to any neglect on the part of the
occupier thereof or under insanitary conditions; or
(b) is suffering from any grave chronic disease; the Medical Officer of
Health may under certain circumstances, and subject to the conditions specified
in the Act, apply to a petty sessional court for an order for the removal
of such person, to a suitable hospital, infirmary, poor law or other institution.
The power is not to be put into operation by a Medical Officer of Health
unless he is authorised by a resolution of the sanitary authority so to do,
either generally or in any particular case in which the powers are proposed to be
executed.