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are beneficial in supplying, to any extent, the wants of the lowest class, or as may
be said on the other hand, are demoralising, their provision having a tendency
to cause men to sink lower in the scale. I simply call attention to the important
fact that the death-rate in the Borough of Stepney is materially increased by
the influx of these homeless wanderers, while the same is also true of the
expenditure by the various Poor Law Authorities in the Borough.
Articles destroyed at the Disinfecting Station on account of their dilapidated
condition and at the request of the owners:—
Mattresses 33
Palliasses 12
Beds 19
Bolsters 7
Pillows 13
Cushions 8
Sundries 120
Verminous Persons.
883 verminous persons were cleansed during the year and their clothing
disinfected. Of these 570 were adults—568 males and 2 females. 313 children
were cleansed, all of school ages—257 being boys and 56 girls.
Mortuary and Coroner's Court.
The number of bodies deposited in the Mortuary during the year was 645.
Of these, 592 were removed by the Coroner's order, 40 by the Police, 10 at the
request of friends and 5 on my instructions.
Six of the bodies were those of persons who had died from infectious
diseases and were placed in the infectious part of the Mortuary.
24 bodies were deposited in the Jewish part of the Mortuary and were
"watched " in accordance with the Jewish rites.
632 Inquests were held in the Coroner's Court and 131 Post Mortem
examinations were made.
Glanders.
Under the London (Notification of Glanders) Order, 1907, the Veterinary
Inspector of the London County Council reported, in accordance with the
provisions of that Act, the existence of glanders in 37 stables in the Borough,
in which 85 horses contracted the disease.