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The 2 Mortuaries (Wanless Road and High Street) are
the freeholds of the Borough Council.
The following are the details of work done during 1912
at the 2 mortuaries and corners' courts:—
(a) Total number of bodies received, 357—270 at High
Street and 87 at Wanless Road.
(b) Post-mortem examinations conducted 195—139 at
High Street and 56 at Wanless Road.
(c) Coroners' court sat 160 times—121 at High Street
and 39 Wanless Road.
(d) Number of bodies brought in by the Police 49—33
to High Street and 16 to Wanless Road.
(e) Number of bodies brought in by undertakers or
private persons 308—237 to High Street and 71 to
Wanless Road.
(/) Infectious bodies received 2—0 at High Street and
2 (both enteric fever) at Wanless Road.
There were 39 suicides investigated (11 drowning, 12
poisoning, 4 hanging, and 8 throat cutting), and 4
accidental deaths (1 railway, 1 street, and 2 suffocation
from coal gas).
Of the total 357 bodies received, 218 were males and 139
females. The yearly averages for the two decennia 18911900
(Parish) and 1902-11 (Borough) are respectively (a)
bodies received 355.8 and 388.9, (b) post-mortems conducted
210.8 and 215.4, (c) sittings of coroners' court 194.0 and
176.0.
The mortuary for Norwood has not yet been provided,
but it has Been provisionally arranged on the plan for such
a mortuary in connection with a small part of the freehold
site (south-eastern corner) in Rommanv Road, which is
being developed by the Council for a Dust Depot at
Norwood.