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In addition to these, 20 non-residents were also killed by vehicles within the
borough.
CORONER'S COURT, INQUESTS, AND MORTUARY.
During' the year 31 bodies were received into the Mortuary, as compared with
an average of 236 in the preceding 10 years.
The daily average number of bodies received was 0.08, whilst in 1933 the
average was 0.09.

The bulk of the Islington cases are enquired into at the St. Pancras Coroner's
Court, and it is understood that there has been a growing tendency to make use of
the mortuary and post-mortem room and accommodation in St. Pancras in connection
with cases occurring outside that Borough, particularly from Islington and
Hampstead. The matter is under the consideration of the Metropolitan Boroughs'
Standing Joint Committee.
PREVENTION OF INFECTION.
Notification, Isolation, Fatality, or Specified Diseases under the
Provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
The Principal Diseases Include :•—
Small Pox, Diphtheria, Scarlet Fever, Enteric Fever, Typhus, Continued Fever,
Puerperal Fever and Erysipelas.
2,227 cases of the principal diseases which are notifiable under the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891, came to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of
Health. This number does not include other communicable ailments, which are
also notifiable. The complete list of infectious diseases which are notifiable in
Islington will be found on page 00. No case of either Typhus or of Continued
Fever was notified.
The total cases notified are 211 more than those of the previous year (2,016),
and 96 above the average (2,131) of the preceding ten years. The increases when
contrasted with the decennial averages are to be found in the returns from
Diphtheria, Erysipelas and Puerperal Fever, which were respectively 7, 47 and 20
above the average, while Scarlet Fever and Enteric Fever showed decreases of
36 and 12 respectively on the ten years' average.
The 2,227 cases were equal to an attack-rate of 7.08 per 1,000 of the civil
population.