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Two hundred and thirty-four post-mortem examinations
were carried out during the year and two hundred and seventythree
inquests held; the latter at the Coroner's Court in
Althorpe Grove. In connection with the new Mortuary a
Coroner's Court is to be provided, and great benefits will accrue
to coroner, jury, and witnesses, when the same is ready for
use. The London County Council will contribute per
annum as a rental for the use of the same.
Eighteen bodies were admitted to the Mortuary for sanitary
reasons in view of the limited accommodation at the homes of
the deceased's relatives. &c. Of the bodies admitted to the
Mortuary during the year three were those of persons who had
died of infectious disease and were isolated in the infectious
chamber.
In my report upon the previous year I suggested the
possibility of the existing Mortuary being retained for special
purposes after the new one is erected, and this would be particularly
useful and desirable for receiving bodies recovered from
the river which during the year under report numbered fifteen.
The unidentified bodies received during the year numbered
eight, and these were subsequently interred at the expense of
the Guardians. The following particulars relate to the bodies in
question : —