London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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PUBLIC MORTUARY, NEW END
Bodies admitted by order of: -
Coroner 229
Ambulance 30
Police 7
Marie Curie Hospital 1
Public Health Department 5 272
Causes of death:-
Natural Causes 220
Suicides: -
Coal Gas Poisoning 11
Drugs 11
Railway 1
Hanging 1
Asphyxiation by plastic bag 1
Cut wrist . 26
Accidental: -
Electrocution 1
Falls 2
Railway 1
T raf fic 9 13
F oetus 4
Post Operative 3
Inattention at Birth 1
Bodies brought for accommodation 5 272
No. of post mortem examinations carried out 267
Of the 272 bodies admitted to the Mortuary, 235 were of Hampstead
residents.
Coroner's Court
The Hampstead and St. Pancras Coroner's Court is at Camley
Street, N. W. 1. Telephone: EUSton 1691. Coroner: - I.Milne, Esq.