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Islington 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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21 1923
Inquests and mortuary.
During the year 28S bodies were received into the Mortuary, as compared with an
average of 458 in the preceding 10 years.
No infectious body was received during the year.
The daily average number of bodies received was 0 8 as compared with 0 9 in 1922.
In 279 cases inquests were held, as contrasted with an average of 357 in the ten years 1913-22.
| Bodies received into Mortuary. | Inquests. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1913 | 575 | 384 |
| 1914 | 537 | 369 |
| 1915 | 612 | 475 |
| 1916 | 507 | 394 |
| 1917 | 479 | 359 |
| 1918 | 476 | 348 |
| 1919 | 429 | 321 |
| 1920 | 340 | 312 |
| 1921 | 313 | 299 |
| 1922 | 316 | 307 |
| Average | 458 | 357 |
The following Table gives a return of the bodies received into the Mortuary and the inquests held by the Coroner during the years 1923 and 1922.
| 1923 | No. of bodies received. | Daily Average. | No. of Inquests held. | 1922 | No. of bodies received. | Daily Average. | No. of Inquests held. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter | 75 | 0-8 | 86 | 1st Quarter | 103 | 1.1 | 83 |
| 2nd „ | 57 | 06 | 59 | 2nd „ | 81 | 0.9 | 83 |
| 3rd „ | 81 | 0-9 | 65 | 3rd „ | 69 | 0.7 | 53 |
| 4th „ | 75 | 0-8 | 69 | 4th „ | 63 | 0.7 | 88 |
| Total for year | 288 | 0-8 | 279 | Total for year | 316 | 0.9 | 307 |
PREVENTION OF INFECTION.
Notification, Isolation, Fatality, of Specified Diseases under the Provision?
of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
The Principal Diseases Include :
Small Pox, Diphtheria, Scarlet Fever, Enteric Fever, Typhus Fever,
Puerperal Fever and. Erysipelas.
There were 2,096 cases of these diseases which are notifiable under the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891. This number does not include other communicable ailments which
are now notifiable. The complete list of infectious diseases which are notifiable in Islington
are enumerated on page 25.
The total cases notified are 691 less than those of the previous year (2,787) and 216
below the average (2,312) of the preceding ten years. The only increase when contrasted
with the decennial averages is to be found in the return from Diphtheria, which shows