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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

Hammersmith 1938

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

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Table: SHOPS ACT, 1934. During the year 143 shops were inspected. The following notices were served for:—

SHOPS ACT, 1934. During the year 143 shops were inspected. The following notices were served for:—

1. Sanitary Accommodation1
2. Ventilation3
3. Temperature11
4. Sanitary Accommodation and Ventilation .—
5. „ „ „ Temperature—
6. Ventilation and Temperature1
7. Sanitary Accommodation, Ventilation and Temperature—
Total16

Table: Public Mortuary.—Five hundred and twenty-one bodies were admitted to the Mortuary in Fulham Palace Road during the year.

Public Mortuary.—Five hundred and twenty-one bodies were admitted to the Mortuary in Fulham Palace Road during the year.

Hammersmith—
Admitted by order of Coroner199
Admitted by order of Police10
Admitted on application of undertakers for accommodation29238
Bodies admitted from other Boroughs:—
Fulham110
Chelsea173283
No. of P.-M. examinations conducted:—
Hammersmith cases182
Fulham cases82
Chelsea cases142
Total P.M.'s406
No. of Inquests held:—
Hammersmith cases88
Fulham cases68
Chelsea cases99
Total Inquests held255

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The refrigeration plant has provided a means whereby
bodies can be kept indefinitely for identification and other
reasons, and insanitary and offensive conditions avoided.
Metchim & Son, Ltd., Westminster, (29837)