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Marylebone 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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MORTUARY.
Forty-one bodies (26 males, 15 females) were deposited, and 12 post-mortem
examinations carried out at the mortuary during the year. From the 18th October,
1940, when the premises were destroyed by enemy action, accommodation for the
bodies of St. Marylebone residents was secured, through the courtesy of the Paddington
Borough Council, at the Public Mortuary, St. Philip's Place, Paddington Green,
W.2. Temporary living quarters for the Mortuary Keeper were provided in a cottage
at No. 7, Elm Tree Road, St. John's Wood, N.W.8, as from the 20th November, 1940.
CREMATORIUM.
One hundred and sixty-two certificates authorising cremation at the St. Marylebone
Crematorium, Finchley, were issued—134 by the Medical Referee and 28 by
the Deputy Medical Referee.