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PUBLIC MORTUARY.
(Church Row, Bethnal Green, E.2.)
During the year 19 bodies were received at the
Mortuary, i.e.: —
On Coroner's order 13
From the Police 1
At the request of relatives 5
Exact particulars are only available as to the body
on which a coroner's inquest was held, where the cause
of death was drowning. On 14 bodies post-mortem
examinations were made.
The reduction in the number of bodies deposited at
the mortuary is due to the altered practice of the
Coroner who now conducts the inquests in Bethnal
Green cases at Courts in adjoining boroughs and the
bodies in such cases are of course deposited in the
mortuaries attached to these Courts.