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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Battersea 1899
Report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Battersea during the year1899
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| Number of bodies received in the Mortuary. | Number of bodies upon which postmortem examinations were held. | Number of bodies upon which Coroner's inquests were held. | |
|---|---|---|---|
For some years the Mortuary accommodation has been
recognised as being somewhat inadequate for the requirements
of this ever increasing Parish, but difficulties were experienced in
making the necessary improvements, by inability to obtain a
faculty, and subsequently the question of site and expense caused
further delay. Plans were first submitted shewing an enlargement
upon the present site, but failing to obtain the approval of
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, whose permission is necessary
for any structural alterations in a church-yard, further plans
were submitted for an elaborate arrangement on the land at the