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DISINFECTION, &c., AT CITY MORTUARY.
418,957 articles of bedding, clothing, furniture, &c., were received at Golden
Lane and disinfected. Of these 416,524 were disinfected at the request of
City firms engaged in exporting second-hand clothing to South Africa,
where the authorities will not allow such articles to enter the country unless
accompanied by a certificate duly signed by a medical officer of health,
vouching for the proper disinfection of each consignment, the remaining
2,433 articles were from premises in the City where infectious disease had
occurred.
180 bodies were received at the Mortuary, pending interment, 69
post-mortem examinations were made, 161 inquests were held on bodies, and
2 inquests on fires.

Dr. F. J. Waldo, J.P., Coroner for London and Southwark, has kindly
furnished me with the following list of places in the City which were the
subject of Fire Inquests held by him during 1910:—
1910.
Inquest held on Name of Premises. Date of Fire.
26th May, 1910 23, Australian Avenue 20th May, 1910.
14th June, 1910 10, Fore Street 6th June, 1910.