View report page

71
NUMBER OF ARTICLES DISINFECTED, BODIES RECEIVED AT THE MORTUARY,
AND INQUESTS HELD AT THE CORONER'S COURT IN THE CITY DURING 1923
COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS.
Year.
Articles disinfected.
Bodies
received at
the Mortuary.
Inquests
held on
bodies.
Inquests
held on
Fires.
1918 179,990 158 130 0
1919 207,935 170 150 4
1920 549,829 172 158 9
1921 579,304 153 140 25
1922 760,860 135 114 15
Average for previous 5 years 455,584 158 138 11
1923 355,657 149 128 1
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 of 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 1923 :—
INQUESTS HELD UNDER THE CITY OF LONDON FIRE INQUESTS ACT, 1888.
Date of Inquest. Premises burnt.
20th July, 1923 8, Red Cross Street.
In addition to the above, the City Coroner personally inquired into 173 " non-fatalj"
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 " denaturising "
condemned meat, disinfecting public conveniences, disinfecting roadways, street
gullies, disinfecting premises, &c., after infectious disease, drain testing and
sundries.
SANITARY INSPECTIONS.
The following is a statement of the work of the Sanitary Inspectors in their
several Districts during each month of the year :—
WEST DISTRICT—
Inspector F. T. Robbins.
Month
Premises
Inspected,
Orders
issued.
Notices
served.
Improvements
effected.
January 202 3 9 10
February 250 — 10 6
March 250 28 23 12
April 145 10 73 29
May 360 16 20 62
June 233 22 42 31
July 172 8 14 28
August 275 — 4 19
September 300 5 7 100
October 306 — 7 18
November 120 5 7 20
December 321 5 9 27
Totals 2,934 102 225 362
MIDDLE DISTRICT—
Inspector E. I. Simmons.
Month.
Premises
Inspected.
Orders
issued.
Notices
served.
Improvements
effected.
January 207 12 22 10
February 84 11 20 9
March 200 25 42 35
April 365 8 33 42
May 328 6 16 42
June 218 8 8 23
July 182 3 9 26
August 260 6 11 54
September 282 14 3 42
October 223 10 13 20
November 212 11 12 21
December 349 6 24 66
Totals 2,910 120 213 390
k2