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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

Fulham 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]

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Table: The following cases were dealt with during the year:-

The following cases were dealt with during the year:-

Number of post mortems carried out by order of the Coroner19
Number of convenience cases95
Total114

Table: The following figures for the last five years illustrate the decrease in the work:-

The following figures for the last five years illustrate the decrease in the work:-

Cases:
19531954195519561957
Post-Mortems29924222315319
Convenience Cases168149768995
Totals467391299242104

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NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT, 19 48
Section 50 - Burial or Cremation of the Dead:
8 Funerals (7 Adults and 1 child) were arranged under the provisions of this
Section of the Act.

Table: Details of the cost of the burials are as follows:-

Details of the cost of the burials are as follows:-

£s.d.
*8 Funerals as per contract110146
62 Removals of bodies from river4100
11546
Less amount recovered from estate of deceased, or by gifts, or responsible relatives traced6086
Balance being cost to Council54160

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* The cost of the funerals varies slightly, the average cost of an adult being
approximately £15 8s, 0d.
øThis charge relates to the recovery from the River Thames of the bodies of
two persons taken by an Undertaker from Putney Pier to Hammersmith MortuaiyIt
is this Council's liability to pay such charges as, although the persons
concerned were not residents of Fulham, the bodies were taken from the river
within the Borough boundary, and this is the place where it is assumed they
died.
PUBLIC CONVENIENCES
There are seven Public Conveniences, each with a Mens and Womens Section, under the
control of the Public Health Department, which have been constructed at various times
between 1900 and 1939.
All the conveniences have both a free and paid wash for the convenience of the
public, the only exception being at Wfyfold Road, where there is a free wash only. These
facilities are well used and appreciated.