London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Bethnal Green 1914

Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1914 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector

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APPENDIX P.

Mortuary Returns, 1914.
Bodies removed to Mortuary—
On Coroner's Order250
By Police8
From London Hospital9
On Sanitary Inspector's Order1
By Request of Relatives64
Total332
Number of Inquests held263
Number of Post Mortem Examinations made95
Particulars of Bodies on which Inquests were held—
Bodies removed by Police from Canal4
Do do. Street2
Do. do. Great Eastern Railway.1
Do. do. found in Parcels1
Bodies received from Bethnal Green Infirmary59
Do. do. Bethnal House Asylum2
Do. do. Queen's Hospital21
Do. do. Mildmay Mission Hospital8
Do. do. Victoria Park Hospital2
Do. do. Private Houses, etc.163
Total263
Inquest cases according to age periods—
Number under one year77
Number over one year and under live years18
Do. five do. ten do.14
Do. ten do. twenty years9
Do. twenty do. thirty do.9
Do. thirty do. forty do.13
Do. forty do. fifty do.24
Do. fifty do. sixty do.30
Do. sixty do. seventy do.28
Do. seventy do. eighty do.30
Do. eighty years11
263