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On December 19th, Mr. Davis Lederman, baker and confectioner, 157, Cannon
Street Road, was fined £10 and 23s. costs for having deposited on his
premises for the purpose of preparation for human food 192 eggs and 3
gallons of liquid eggs, the whole of which were unsound and unwholesome.
On December 19th Miss Leah Levy, 111, Cable Street, was fined £8 and 23s.
costs for having deposited on the premises for the purpose of preparation
for food, 108 rotten eggs.
The Mortuary.
The number of bodies deposited in the Mortuary during the year was 722. 661
were removed by the Coroner's order, 33 by the Police, 2 by order of Relieving
Officers, and 10 by request of friends, and 16 were persons that had either died from
infectious diseases, or I did not consider their dwellings to be suitable.
13 bodies were deposited in the Infectious Mortuary, and 4 in the Jewish
Mortuary for watching purposes.
713 Inquests were held, and 62 Post-mortems were made.
Causes of death:—
Atalectasis 13
Alcoholism 4
Ammonia poisoning 1
Burns 19
Bright's disease 3
Bronchitis and Pneumonia 69
Convulsions 104
Cerebral Haemorrhage 19
Cancer 1
Collapse of Lungs 2
Drowning 33
Diarrhœa 6
Debility 1
Delirium Tremens 3
Diphtheria 5
Dropsy 2
Erysipelas 1
Gastric Catarrh 1
Gastro-Enteritis 7
Gas poisoning 1
Hemorrhage from ruptured Varicose Veins 1
Haemorrhage after Circumcision 2
H 2