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27 MORTUARY AND BURIAL ARRANGEMENTS
The public mortuary at Petersfield Road, Acton, has a
capacity for 40 bodies.
The Association of Municipal Corporations Health
Committee recently considered the section of the
Broderick Report on Death Certification and Coroners,
which is specifically concerned with mortuaries and
facilities for post-mortem examinations.
The Committee, while expressing no firm opinion at this
stage, were inclined to the view that, after re-organisation
of the National Health Service in 1974, the provision of
new mortuaries should be an NHS responsibility, and that
mortuaries should be part of, or sited very close to.
hospitals with main pathology departments.
During the year, 590 bodies of former residents from the
following areas were taken to the mortuary:
Ealing 489
Hillingdon 5
Richmond 6
Hounslow 9
Other London Boroughs 65
Other areas 16
One full-time attendant is employed, and during his
absence from duty, bodies are admitted to Hammersmith
Mortuary. This is a reciprocal arrangement.