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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 1927
Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1927
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PUBLIC MORTUARY.
(Church Row, Bethnal Green, E.2.)
During the year 161 bodies were received at the Mortuary, i.e.—
| On Coroner's order | 126 |
| From the Police | 5 |
| At the request of relatives | 30 |
Exact particulars are only available as to the 111
bodies on which coroner's inquests were held. This
number includes 29 bodies removed from premises in
Hackney and Shoreditch. On 47 of these bodies postmortem
examinations were made. There were also
22 post-mortem examinations made in cases in which
there was no inquest.
Mortuary Statistics.
| Removed by the Police from railway | 1 |
| Removed by the Police from streets, etc. | 4 |
| Removed from Bethnal Green Hospital | 37 |
| „ „ Queen's Hospital | 8 |
| „ „ Hackney Hospital | 11 |
| ,, „ German Hospital | 1 |
| ,, ,, Metropolitan Hospital | 1 |
| „ „ St. Leonard's Hospital | 11 |
| ,, ,, Hackney Mortuary | 1 |
| „ „ Private houses, etc. | 36 |
| Total | 111 |