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CONFERENCES
Conferences and courses attended by members of the Council and/or officers of
the department are summarised on pages 118 to 121.
DECEASED PERSONS
Inquests
Inquests were held on 100 residents of the borough during the year, the verdicts
being 29 deaths due to road accidents, 20 other accidents, 10 suicide, 16 misadventure,
5 manslaughter. 14 open verdicts, 1 asbestosis and 5 natural causes.
Transport of bodies abroad
From time to time certificates are issued regarding bodies being transported
abroad to the effect that the deceased had not died from an infectious disease and
that the coffins were hermetically sealed. Eight such certificates were issued this
year, relating to bodies flown to Israel.
The North East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board's proposals for the future
hospital service in the Greater London area, announced in March, provide for the
development of the London Hospital as a District hospital for Tower Hamlets. It was
thought that St. Andrew's Hospital might ultimately become a Community hospitaland
the future use of the sectarian hospital s as the London Jewish and Mi1dmay Mission, it
was stated, must await guidance from the Secretary of State.
Notification was also received during the year from the North East Metropolitan
Regional Hospital Board that it proposed to review the groupings of hospitals under
Hospital Management Committees, so that as from 1st April 1972, the three hospitals
in the Borough controlled by the East London Hospital Management Committee (Bethnal
Green, London Jewish and Mildmay Mission hospitals) will be transferred to the Board
of Governors of the London Hospital and the East London Hospital Management Committee
terminated. Action on these proposals is at present, deferred.
The London Hospital closed its Brentwood Annexe; the North East Metropolitan
Regional Hospital Board having proposals to take over the premises for mentally
sub-normal patients.