Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the Borough of Lewisham for the year 1915
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The Mortuary was used for the reception of 154 bodies, removed from the following places :—
From houses in the Borough | 91 |
„ „ outside the Borough | 23 |
„ Lewisham Infirmary | 9 |
„ Bermondgey Workhouse | 5 |
„ Other places | 26 |
The portion of the Mortuary reserved for infectious
cases was not used.
Inquests were held upon 150 of the bodies, and a
post-mortem examination was made in 102 cases.