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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

Southwark 1960

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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Table: MORTUARY

MORTUARY

Post-mortems without Inquest1, 156
Post-mortems with Inquest178
Inquests without Post-mortems-
Inquests, Post-mortems held elsewhere-
Bodies brought in for convenience-
Infectious disease deaths Total1,334
Bodies brought to Southwark Mortuary :-
From Private addressesFrom Hospitals
Southwark11740
Lambeth273267
Camberwell181328
Bermondsey5870
Total629705
Bodies brought from hospitals and institutions :-
Guy's Hospital25Southwark
Evelina Hospital4
Newington Institution8
Catholic Nursing Institute3
Lambeth Hospital109Lambeth
South Western Hospital24
St. Thomas' Hospital95
Royal Waterloo Hospital13
Belgrave Hospital4
King's College Hospital•22
St. Giles' Hospital109Camberwell
St. Francis Hospital52
Dulwich Hospital163
Maudsley Hospital4
St. Olave's Hospital69Bermondsey
Bermondsey Medical Mission1
Total705