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City of Westminster 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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TABLE 27.—Analysis of Legal Proceedings, 1965
| Fines | Costs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £. | s. | d. | £. | s. | d. | |
| Premises in such a state as to be a nuisance or injurious or dangerous to health— | ||||||
| 5 cases | 19 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 |
| Premises in such a state as to be prejudicial to health or a nuisance— | ||||||
| 3 cases | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Offences in connection with sale of "hot dogs"— | ||||||
| 3 cases | 58 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Permitting new persons to reside in premises when overcrowded— | ||||||
| 13 cases | 94 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 |
| Failing to comply with notices requiring repairs to premises— | ||||||
| 41 cases | 88 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| £265 | 0 | 0 | £63 | 4 | 0 | |
TABLE 28.—Coroner's Court and Mortuary
| Bodies received in the Mortuary on-Coroner's Warrants, etc. | 1,062 |
| Bodies deposited to await burial | 7 |
| Inquest cases | 272 |
| Non-inquest cases | 790 |
| Post-mortem examinations held | 1,049 |
| Causes of death in the foregoing:— | |
| Accidental drowning | 1 |
| Found drowned | 8 |
| Suicide by drowning | 1 |
| Suicide by other means | 119 |
| Accidents— | |
| Street | 27 |
| Domestic | 44 |
| Others | 25 |
| Natural causes | 791 |
| Misadventure | 7 |
| Murder | 3 |
| Miscellaneous causes | 36 |