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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
Poplar 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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MORTUARIES AND CORONERS COURT.
Number of Bodies Received into Council's Mortuaries;
Coroner's Court and Mortuary Accommodation ; Local
Government Board Inquiry.
The following is a list of the number of bodies received into the Council's Mortuaries classified according to the ages of the deceased:—
| Total. | No age stated. | Still-born. | Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bickmore Street | 272 | 3 | 4 | 68 | 31 | 18 | 15 | 96 | 37 |
| St. Leonard's Road | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Bow Churchyard | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 7 | .. |
| Wellington Road (infectious diseases) | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Total | 287 | 4 | 5 | 68 | 32 | 20 | 16 | 104 | 38 |
Coroner's Court and Mortuary Accommodation.
Local Government Board Inquiry.
The plans of the proposed Mortuaries and Post-mortem Room
prepared by the Borough Surveyor were submitted to and approved by
the Public Health and Housing Committee. They were also approved by
the London County Council. A Local Government Board Inquiry into
the Council's application for consent to the sale to the London County
Council of a portion of the site in Cottage Street for erection of a
Coroner's Court, and for consent to a Loan for erection of the Postmortem
Room was held and no objection raised.
At the time this report is being written the Mortuaries (General and
Infectious) and Post-mortem Room are being erected by direct labour
under the supervision of the Borough Surveyor and the Coroner's Court is
being erected by the London County Council.