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27. MORTUARY AND BURIAL ARRANGEMENTS
PUBLIC MORTUARY
The public mortuary is situated in Petersfield Road, Acton, W. 3, and has a capacity for 40 bodies.
The Council is responsible for providing mortuary accommodation when death occurs in the borough in
certain circumstances. These are firstly, when death follows an accident, and secondly, when the
cause of death is unknown and the Coroner decrees that a post mortem examination shall be carried
out by a Home Office Pathologist.
658 bodies of residents from the following areas were taken to the mortuary:-
Ealing 547
Hillingdon 14
Richmond upon Thames 17
Hounslow 32
Other London Boroughs 32
Other areas 16
One full-time mortuary attendant is employed and arrangements are made with the London Borough
of Hammersmith for bodies to be received there when he is absent for any reason, and he in turn
accepts Hammersmith bodies in the absence of their mortuary attendant.
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