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Islington 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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[1INQUESTS AND MORTUARY.
During the year 644 bodies were received into the Mortuary, as against
an average of 703 in the preceding 10 years.

Table LXXIV.

Showing theDeaths of Inhabitants and Non-Inhabitants in Public and Charitable Institutionssituatedwithinthe Borough during theFour Quartersand in theYear 1907.

PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.Inhabitants.Non-InhabitantsTotals.
1st qr.2nd qr.3rd qr.4th qr.Year.1st qr.2nd qr.3rd qr.4th qr.Year.1st qr.2nd qr.3rd qr.4th qr.Year,
Islington Infirmary220199152189760444315224203156192775
Islington Workhouses and Schools5633293315132..4959352937160
Great Northern Central Hospital333029381302230262110555605565235
Holborn Infirmary..........12296848s391122968489391
St. John's Nursing Institute..............................
Tufnell Park Nursing Institute...........-..................
London Fever Hospital....12342219423312
Aged Pilgrims' Asylum1......14..2175..218
St. Pelagia's Creche...2....2555419575421
Memorial Cottage Hospital44....1433..2877. .822
Nursing Home, Hungerford Road..............................
Aged Blind Home..22..43, .227324211
Medical and Surgical Home..............................
Invalid Home, Aubert Park................22......22
H.M. Prison, Holloway2..21511136313411
H.M. Prison, Pentonville111l311....222..15
Children's Nursing Home..............................
Kingsdown Orphanage......... ...................
Nursing Home, Turle Road..............................
Whittington College. .............2..2....2..2
Metropltn. Benefit Societies' Asylum....1..1..1..45..1146
Winifred House..............................
Shoreditch Workhouse..............1..1....1..1
Drover's Almshouses1....1..........1......1
Bookbinder's Asylum1......1......111....12
Invalid Home, Highbury Terrace1..11311....221115
Dyers' Almshouses1....1..........1......1
Highbury Truant School..........................
Bricklayer's and Tiler's Almshouses............1..12..112
Clothworkers' Almhouses1....l2..........1....12
St. Andrew's Nursing Home. .............................
Totals32227121727210821731471291445934954183464161675

The following table gives a return of the bodies received into the Mortuary
and the inquests held by the Coroner during the years 1906 and 1907.
1906.
No. of
bodies
received.
Daily
Average.
No. of
Inquests
held.
190 .
No. of
bodies
received.
Daily
Average.
No. of
Inquests
held.
1st Quarter
180
2.0
121
1st Quarter
176
1.9
127
2nd „
151
1.6
104
2nd ,,
163
1.8
106
3rd „
153
1.6
105
3rd „
134
1.4
84
4th ,,
158
1.7
103
4th ,,
171
1.8
124
Total for Year
642
1.7
433
Total for Year
644
17
441
12