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It may be of interest to note that of the 319 bodies brought to the
mortuary, 19 were cases of drowning, 31 of street accidents, 39 of other
accidents, 5 of murder, 62 of suicide, 123 of sudden death, natural causes
and misadventure, and 40 other causes.
There is a resting place for the dead at Drury Lane.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
Water.—With the exception of those premises (previously reported)
which are supplied with water from deep wells, the whole of Westminster
takes its supply of water from the Metropolitan Water Board.
Deep wells have also been sunk at the undermentioned large blocks
of new buildings :—
Thames House, Millbank.
South Africa House, Trafalgar Square.
Romney House, Marsham Street.
Public Swimming Baths, Washhouses, &c.—There are three establishments,
situated at Buckingham Palace Road, Great Smith Street, and
Marshall Street.
The numbers using the swimming baths in 1932 were :—
Great Smith Street: 159,850 men ; 66,206 women.
Buckingham Palace Road : 132,597 men ; 88,762 women.
Marshall Street: 172,691 men ; 127,837 women.
The numbers relating to users of the public washhouses were :—
Great Smith Street, 32,799 ; Buckingham Palace Road, 34,000 ; Marshall
Street, 13,630.
Frequent bacteriological examinations of the water in the first- and
second-class baths at the Council's three establishments have been made
throughout the year. The results were reported to the Baths Committee
at their monthly meetings and have shown that the water in each
wimming pool has been maintained at a highly satisfactory standard of
purity by means of the filtration and purification plants.
Drainage and Sewerage.—During the year 757 plans of drainage and
other sanitary works relating to existing and new buildings were examined
and approved. The supervision of these works occupies a considerable
amount of the time of the Sanitary Inspectors and it is seldom that