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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
Croydon 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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PUBLIC MORTUARY AND
CORONER'S POST MORTEM ROOM
The new premises were opened on March 6th 1962. They provide
cold storage facilities for 15 bodies, and a deep-freeze unit
for 3 bodies. The Post Mortem Room has two post mortem tables.
There are Waiting and Viewing rooms for the relatives, and
offices for the Pathologist, the Coroner's Officers and the
Mortuary Superintendent. There is an adjoining bungalow for the
Superintendent.
From March 6th to December 31st, 1962-463 bodies were received
and 443 post mortem examinations were performed.