London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Southwark 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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The detention period authorised under this new Act is limited
to three weeks, and any extension necessary has to be made in
accordance with the provisions of the 1948 Act.
Burial of the Dead.
During the year the Council arranged for twenty-eight burials
under Section 50 of the National Assistance Act, 1948, at a
total cost of £234 8s. 5d.
Mortuary
| Post-mortems without Inquest | 1,213 |
| Post-mortems with Inquest | 199 |
| Inquests without Post-mortems | 18 |
| Inquests, Post-mortems held elsewhere | 34 |
| Bodies brought in for convenience | — |
| Infectious disease deaths | — |
| 1,464 |