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City of London 1922

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]

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Table: NUMBER OF ARTICLES DISINFECTED, BODIES RECEIVED AT THE MORTUARY, AND INQUESTS HELD AT THE CORONER'S COURT IN THE CITY DURING 1922, COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS.

NUMBER OF ARTICLES DISINFECTED, BODIES RECEIVED AT THE MORTUARY, AND INQUESTS HELD AT THE CORONER'S COURT IN THE CITY DURING 1922, COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS.

Year.Articles disinfected.Bodies received at the Mortuary.Inquests held on bodies.Inquests held on Fires.
1917295,144234213l
1918179,9901581300
1919207,9351701504
1920549,8291721589
1921579,30415314025
Average for previous 5 years362,4401771588
1922760,86013511415

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DISINFECTION OF PART WORN POLICE UNIFORMS.
In March last I was approached by the Commissioner for the City of London
Police and asked whether it would be possible for the Corporation to undertake the
disinfection of part worn police uniforms. It was explained that the uniforms which
it was desired to disinfect were uniforms which had been very little used and were
fit for re-issue and would in all probability not exceed more than 60 to 100 outfits
per annum.
The Sanitary Committee acceded to the request and during the year 500
garments were so treated.
PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF UNKNOWN DEAD.—The De Rechter
apparatus for the preservation of the dead, installed at the City Mortuary in March,
1909, was fully described in the Annual Report for that year. It has proved of
considerable assistance in connection with the identification of persons found
drowned in the river Thames.
FIRE INQUESTS.—Dr. F. J. Waldo, J.P., Coroner for City of 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 1922:—
INQUESTS HELD UNDER THE CITY OF LONDON FIRE INQUESTS ACT, 1888.
Date of Inquest. Premises burnt.
26th January, 1922 24, Aldgate.
6th February, 1922 5, New Union Street.
17th February, 1922 167, Upper Thames Street.
2nd March, 1922 9 and 10, Australian Avenue.
2nd March, 1922 7, Carter Lane.
21st March, 1922 39, Redcross Street.
30th March, 1922 11, Poultry.
30th March, 1922 41 and 43, Moor Lane.
21st April, 1922 17, Little Trinity Street.
21st April, 1922 110, Cannon Street.
10th July, 1922 12 and 13, Noble Street.
10th July, 1922 12 and 13, Noble Street.
17th July, 1922 4, Dorset Buildings, Salisbury Square.
4th and 18th July, 1922 Sub-Station of Metropolitan Railway,
Moor Lane.
25th and 28th July 72 and 73, Fore Street.
In addition to the above the City Coroner personally inquired into 189 "non-fatal"
City fires reported to him during the year.
DISINFECTANTS.—As heretofore, all the disinfectants used in the Public
Health Department were obtained through your Medical Officer of Health.
They are used for the following purposes:—Deodorising and "denaturalising"
condemned meat, disinfecting public conveniences, disinfecting roadways, street
gullies, disinfecting premises, &c., after infectious disease, drain testing and
sundries.