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42 WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT.
Notices to restore supply were required in 16 cases, but only one summons was required
for not restoring supply (non-payment of rates). The house was vacated by the tenant.
Mortuaries.-During the year 295 bodies were received at the two Mortuaries under
the jurisdiction of the Council, viz., 280 at Paddington Green Mortuary and 15 at Kensal
Road. The inquests held numbered 251, 113 being after postmortem examination-Sec below.
Paddington Green. Kensal Road.
Bodies Deposited 280 15
Inquest Cases 242 12
Postmortem Examinations 104 9
The new mortuary and postmortem rooms at Paddington Green were approaching
completion at the close of the year.* The buildings newly erected include-
(i.) Coronor's and General Mortuary, with postmortem room (2 tables), microscope
room, view room, exhibition chamber, and lavatories;
(ii.) Infectious Mortuary, exclusively for patients dying of infectious diseases; and
(iii.) Mortuary Chapel, erected for reception of bodies awaiting burial.
The London County Council's Coroners' Court is immediately adjacent to this
Mortuary.
The Mortuary at Kensal Road is on a smaller scale, but complete in itself. The large
room at the Wedlake Street Offices has hitherto been used for Coroner's inquests.
Schools and School Attendance.-Under Section 55(4) of the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891, notice has to be sent to the head teacher of every school attended by children
residing in the infected houses. The notices sent out last year numbered-
For Notifiable Diseases 1,300
For other Diseases 390, or 1,690 notices in all.
The first category includes small-pox, diphtheria, etc.; the second, measles, whooping
cough, and (for part of the year) chicken-pox. The last disease was for the rest of the year
in the first category.
One hundred and forty-two (142) notices were also sent to the Librarian of the Queen's
Park Public Library.
In Table 31 (opposite) will be found the numbers of cases of scarlet fever and diphtheria
which occurred either in children attending school ("P.A.") or in the members of families
sending children to school ("P.N.A."). The records were kept in a new form last year, which
enabled a more careful check to be kept on the prevalence of infectious disease in connection
with each school. Last year's returns give a better idea of the frequency of cases in connection
with each school, but are not comparable with those of earlier years.
Arrangements have been made with the Medical Officers of Health of the adjacent
districts to exchange copies of certificates sent to the schools in this Borough with reference
to cases of illness in outside districts, and vice versa.
* The buildings were handed over to the Department in February of this year.