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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 1962

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

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Table: PUBLIC MORTUARY, NEW END

PUBLIC MORTUARY, NEW END

Bodies admitted by order of:-
Coroner226
Ambulance36
Police7
Marie Curie Hospital1
Public Health Department6276
Causes of death:-
Natural Causes223
Suicides:-
Coal Gas Poisoning6
Drugs13
Falls3
Hanging2
Drowning2
Cut wrist127
Accidental:-
Drowning1
Falls2
Railway1
Traffic9
Burns114
Foetus1
Post Operative3
Stillborn1
Bodies brought for accommodation7276
No. of post mortem examinations carried out269
Of the 276 bodies admitted to the Mortuary, 244 were of Hampstead residents.

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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.