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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
City of Westminster 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Coroner's Court and Mortuary. During 1951 344 bodies were received in the Mortuary on Coroner's Warrants, etc. Five bodies were admitted to await burial.
| Number of Cases. | |
|---|---|
| Inquest cases | 120 |
| Non-inquest cases | 224 |
| Post mortem examinations held | 275 |
| Causes of death in the foregoing were as under :— | |
| Accidental drowning | 2 |
| Found drowned | 11 |
| Suicide by drowning | 3 |
| „ by other means | 29 |
| Accidents— | |
| Street | 15 |
| Domestic | 9 |
| Others | 15 |
| Natural causes | 235 |
| Misadventure | 10 |
| Murder | 1 |
| Miscellaneous cases | 14 |