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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
Hackney 1918
Report on the sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney for the year 1918
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THE MORTUARY.
The following tables give the number of bodies deposited
in the Mortuary during the year, also the number of inquests held
there, with the causes of death, etc.:—
Number of bodies deposited in the Mortuary 445
1. To await inquests—(a) Infectious 5
(b) Non-infectious 400
2. To await burial 40
Number of post-mortems made 132
INQUESTS.
Verdicts.
Sex.
Male.
Female.
Natural causes
140
141
Accidental death
46
47
Suicide
12
9
Open Verdict
1
2
Murder
1
1
Misadventure
2
3
Total
202
203