Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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The number of dead bodies taken to the mortuaries for purposes of inquest and to await burial during the last 18 years are:—
Total. | For Inquest. | To await Burial. | Total. | For Inquest. | To await Burial. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1903 | 393 | 341 | 55 | 1913 | 328 | 286 | 42 |
1904 | 388 | 322 | 59 | 1914 | 323 | 295 | 28 |
1905 | 370 | 307 | 61 | 1915 | 376 | 349 | 27 |
1906 | 345 | 283 | 61 | 1916 | 309 | 252 | 29 |
1907 | 358 | 281 | 77 | 1917 | 278 | 265 | 13 |
1908 | 364 | 298 | 66 | 1918 | 285 | 242 | 43 |
1909 | 291 | 258 | 33 | 1919 | 308 | 269 | 39 |
1910 | 333 | 281 | 52 | 1920 | 296 | 269 | 20 |
1911 | 373 | 334 | 49 | 1921 | 274 | 238 | 35 |
1912 | 324 | 284 | 40 |
There are resting places for the dead at Drury Lane, Ebury Bridge,
or Dufours Place, but the public make very little use of them. Two bodies
were admitted to Drury Lane; none at the other two.