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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
Leyton 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Public Mortuary.
A public mortuary, maintained by the Corporation, is situated
in Church Road, Leyton.
The following are the figures for the year:—
Number of bodies deposited, death being due to
| Natural causes | 64 |
| Suicide | 12 |
| Murder | 1 |
| Street Accidents | 7 |
| Other ,, | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 88 | |
| Number of Post mortem examinations performed | 82 |
| Number of Tnquests held | 23 |
In Go instances no inquest was considered necessary in view of the post mortem findings that death was due to natural causes. The causes of death in these cases were certified as follows:—
| Pneumonia | 7 |
| General Arterio-selerosis | 3 |
| Atheroma of Coronary Artery | 8 |
| Interstitial myocarditis | 11 |
| Aortic stenosis | 4 |
| Coronary thrombosis | 5 |
| Aortic incompetence | 2 |
| Fatty heart | 1 |
| Ruptured heart | 3 |
| Myocardial infarct | 1 |
| ,, degeneration | 1 |
| Rupture of aneurism | 2 |
| Purulent meningitis | 1 |
| Haemorrhage from gastric ulcer | 1 |
| Malignant glioma of cerebellum | 1 |
| Cerebral tumour | 1 |
| General peritonitis due to carcinoma of caecum | 1 |
| Nephritis | 1 |
| General thrombosis and softening | 1 |
| Haemorrhage from pulmonary tuberculosis | 1 |
| Marasmus, pancreatic non-development | 2 |
| Stillborn | 2 |
| Bronchitis | 4 |
| Cause of death unascertainable—advanced decomposition | 1 |