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Fulham 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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PUBLIC MORTUARY.
The following number of bodies were admitted to the Mortuary during the year:-
| By order of the Coroner | 252 |
| Convenience Cases (i.e. admitted at the request of Undertakers) | 196 |
| Total | 448 |
| Number of Post-Mortem Examinations conducted | 252 |
PROVISION OF CHAPEL & VIEWING ROOM AT MORTUARY.
A scheme for converting the room at the Mortuary, originally
used and designed as a Coroner's Court, into a Chapel and Viewing Room
had been agreed in the previous year. A sum to cover the necessary
work, which included some items of war damage, was therefore included in
the Estimates.
The work which consisted mainly of redecorations, plus some
small structural alterations was carried out by the Director of Housing
& Public Buildings' Department.
Curtained partitions were arranged to form two separate resting
places and waiting accommodation. An altar, on a raised platform, was
constructed, and the room suitably furnished as a Chapel. Flowers are
supplied by arrangement with the Borough Surveyor's Department.