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St Mary (Islington) 1890

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St. Mary ]

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THE MORTUARY AND CORONER'S COURT, 1890.
From the 1st January to the 31st December, 1890, 738 bodies
were received at the Mortuary, the daily average being 2.0.
429 inquests have been held during the same period, the sum
of £64 10s. Od. having been paid to the Vestry for the accommodation
afforded by the Coroner's Court.
The proportion of inquests to deaths was about 7.5 per cent, for
the whole year.
SANITARY WORK OF THE YEAR, 1890-91.
Table No. VIII.
This table of our Sanitary work has been prepared in the usual
manner, showing in the upper portion the number and variety of the
inspections, re-inspections, and calls made by the District Inspectors
during the year, and in the lower portion the amendments effected.
In addition, the Inspectors generally have reported the premises
from which they have found the removal of dust to be necessary on
making their ordinary inspections.
DISINFECTION.
The practice adopted by the Sanitary Committee of carrying out
the fumigation of rooms, free of cost, where infectious disease has
occurred, has proved very effectual.
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