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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
Hampstead 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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PUBLIC MORTUARY, NEW END
Bodies admitted by order of:-
Coroner 241
Ambulance 28
Police 4
Marie Curie Hospital 3
Public Health Department 3 279
Causes of death:-
Natural Causes 230
Suicides:-
Coal Gas Poisoning 15
Drugs 8
Railway 1
Drowning 2 26
Accidental:-
Coal Gas Poisoning 3
Crushing by lorry 1
Burns 1
Railway 2
Traffic 2 9
Misadventure:-
Burns 1
Open Verdict:-
Burns 1
Drowning 1 2
Post Operative 8
Stillborn 1
Bodies brought for accommodation 2 279
No. of post mortem examinations carried out 277
Of the 279 bodies admitted to the Mortuary, 233 were of Hampstead
residents.