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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 1911
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1911 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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APPENDIX O.
Mortuary Returns, 1911.
Bodies removed to Mortuary—
On Coroner's Order 267
By Police 10
By Firemen —
From London Hospital 15
On Sanitary Inspector's Order 2
On Request of Relatives 68
Total 362
Number of Inquests held 277
Number of Post Mortem Examinations 99
Particulars of bodies on which Inquests were held—
Bodies removed by Police from Canal 4
Do. do. Street, etc. 5
Do. do. found in Parcels (Baby) 1
Bodies received from Bethnal Green Infirmary 55
Do. do. Bethnal House Asylum 1
Do. do. Queen's Hospital 14
Do. do. Mildmay Mission Hospital 10
Do. do. Private Houses, etc. 187
Total 277
Inquest cases according to age period—
Number under one year 80
Number over one year and under five years 31
Do. five do. ten do. 14
Do. ten do. twenty years 8
Do. twenty do. thirty do. 12
Do. thirty do. forty do. 17
Do. forty do. fifty do. 24
Do. fifty do. sixty do. 24
Do. sixty do. seventy do. 32
Do. seventy do. eighty do. 21
Do. eighty years 14
Total 277