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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 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]

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Table: CORONER'S COURT AND MORTUARY.The Mortuary was used for the reception of 142 bodies, removed from the following places:—

CORONER'S COURT AND MORTUARY.

The Mortuary was used for the reception of 142 bodies, removed from the following places:—

From houses in the Borough90
„ „ outside the Borough11
,, Lewisham Infirmary31
„ Bermondsey Workhouse ...5
„ Other places5

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The portion of the Mortuary reserved for infectious
cases was not used.
Inquests were held upon 137 of the bodies, and a
post.mortem examination was made in 90 cases.