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DISINFECTION, &c., AT CITY MORTUARY.
283,989 articles of bedding, clothing, furniture, &c., were received at Golden Lane
and disinfected. Of these 280,170 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. In all, 1,186 such certificates were issued during the year.
The remaining 3,819 articles were from premises in the City where infectious disease
had occurred.
205 bodies were received at the Mortuary pending interment, and 93 post.mortem
examinations were made. 176 inquests were held on bodies, and 6 inquests on
fires.
Number of Articles disinfected, Bodies received at the Mortuary, and
Inquests held at the Coroner's Court in the City during 1913,
compared with the previous five years.
Beddfnf reed'mi ^quests
Year. £Tt thf ^on h*Id
footed. Mortuary. bodies. Flie.
1908 10,078 194 173 3
1909 325,831 205 187 3
1910 418,957 180 161 2
1911 406,014 204 182 6
1912 355,151 191 161 6
Average for previous five years 303,206 194 172 4
1913 283,989 205 176 6
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 1913:—
1913.
Inquest held on
Name of Premises.
Date of Fire.
1. 30th December, 1912, and
27th January, 1913
14, Fore Street
16th December, 1912.
2. 6th August, 1913
Electric Theatre,
168, Bishopsgate
26th July, 1913 (5.40 p.m.)
3. Ditto
Ditto
Ditto (7 p.m.)
4. Ditto
5. 17th and 22nd Sept.,
Ditto
Ditto (8.22 p.m.)
and 1st October, 1913 .
29a, Bartholomew Close
9th September, 1913.
6. 13th and 20th Nov., 1913.
35 and 36, Aldermanbury .
7th November, 1913.