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City of Westminster 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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PRESERVED MEAT ETC. PREMISES
| Premises 011 Register at December, 1946 | 90 |
| DISINFECTION | |
| Rooms: 426; Articles: 40,397; Articles washed: 9,921; Articles destroyed: 811; Books disinfected: 273; Vehicles: | 14 |
| ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION | |
| Complaint received 27 Nuisances reported | 4 |
| Observations 514 Preliminary Notices | 5 |
The City Council has continued its pre-war activities regarding the
recording and measuring data of atmospheric pollution at three sites in the
City. The records show an increase in pollution as compared with pre-war,
particularly in the Southern part of the City.
CORONER'S COURT AND MORTUARY
| Bodies received | 312 |
| Causes of death:- | |
| Drowning | 11 |
| Street accidents | IS |
| Other accidents | 31 |
| Murder | 4 |
| Suicide | 23 |
| Natural causes | 199 |
| Misadventure | 10 |
| Miscellaneous causes | 16 |
| Inquests held | 120 |
| lost Mortem examinations | 267 |