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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

Lewisham 1915

Annual report on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the Borough of Lewisham for the year 1915

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Table: CORONER'S COURT AND MORTUARY.The Mortuary was used for the reception of 154 bodies, removed from the following places :—

CORONER'S COURT AND MORTUARY.

The Mortuary was used for the reception of 154 bodies, removed from the following places :—

From houses in the Borough91
„ „ outside the Borough23
„ Lewisham Infirmary9
„ Bermondgey Workhouse5
„ Other places26

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The portion of the Mortuary reserved for infectious
cases was not used.
Inquests were held upon 150 of the bodies, and a
post-mortem examination was made in 102 cases.