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The Royal Commission on the housing of the working
classes recommended that "in the event of a death from
infectious disease the body should forthwith be removed to
a mortuary in cases where it would otherwise be retained
in a room used as a dwelling by others," and they thought
it desirable "that in any case where the body lies in a room
which is used by other persons it should in the same manner
be removed."
Seeing that from a total number of deaths of 904 for the
whole district during the year only 67 bodies were conveyed
to the Mortuary, it is to be regretted that so little use is
made of the building by the parishioners for the reception
of their dead.
Deaths in Public Institutions
(Within the District).
The Workhouse, Broad Street.
135 deaths occurred in this Institution, and 80 who were
removed from it at the Central Sick Asylum, Cleveland Street,
a total of 215 pauper deaths; 27 of these were parishioners
of the Strand Union.
The number of inmates averaging 681 during the year,
the 215 deaths equal a rate of 31.5 per 1,000.
103 of the deaths were those of very old people, viz., 80
were stated to be between 65 and 75 years of age, 20 were
stated to be between 75 and 85 years of age, and 3 above
85 years.
I have again to acknowledge the kindness of the officers
of the Guardians for information and statistics supplied
to me relative to the Workhouse.