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PUBLIC MORTUARY.
Details of the bodies deposited in the Public Mortuary during
the year are given in the following table:—
Persons
dying in
Hackney.
Persons
dying
elsewhere.
Total.
Number of bodies deposited in the mortuary
389
59
448
1. To await inquests
(a) Infectious
—
—
—
(b) Non-Infectious
75
4
79
2. To await burial
—
—
—
3. Cause of death certified by Coroner
314
55
369
Number of post-mortem examinations made
387
59
446
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
The following is a summary of the principal forms of inspection
and of the action taken by the Sanitary Inspectors during the
year :—
Houses inspected on complaint 6,986
„ „ after infectious disease 698
Inspections of factories and workshops 537
„ „ bakehouses 65
„ „ dairies and milkshops 609
„ „ cowsheds 17
„ „ Meat Depot 149
„ „ butchers' shops and stores 733
„ „ other food premises 2,821
Inspections re unsatisfactorily housed families 385
Drains and sanitary fittings examined 5,012
„ repaired 1,120
„ relaid 31
Premises in which defects were found all forms 6,707
„ „ „ abated of 3,981
Total number of re-inspections inspection 21,458
Intimation notices served 3,609
Statutory notices served 797
Summonses issued for housing defects 19