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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
Bethnal Green 1921
Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1921
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PUBLIC MORTUARY.
(Church Row, Bethnal Green, E.2.)
During the year 168 bodies were received at the
Mortuary, i.e.—
On Coroner's order 116
By the Police 10
By Sanitary Inspector's order 1
At the request of relatives 41
Exact particulars are only available as to the 125 bodies
on which coroner's inquests were held. On 77 of these
bodies post-mortem examinations were made.
The Public Mortuary comprises two mortuary
rooms and a post-mortem room with lavatories. The
post-mortem room is now adequately warmed and provided
with good natural and artificial light. The
Mortuary keeper resides in the Coroner's Court close
to the Public Mortuary, and the Police, having a key to
the Mortuary, can obtain access to it at any time of the
night for the purpose of depositing corpses.
STATISTICS. Places from, which bodies were brought to the Mortuary.
| Removed by the Police from the canal | 4 |
| „ „ „ „ „ „ Streets | 7 |
| Removed from Bethnal Green Hospital | 29 |
| „ „ Queen's Hospital | 9 |
| „ „ Mildmay Mission Hosp. | 2 |
| „ „ Private houses, etc. | 74 |
| Total | 125 |