Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 | 68 |
Suicide | 3 |
Street accidents | 5 |
Other accidents | 3 |
Other causes | 1 |
80 | |
Number of Post mortem examinations performed | 74 |
Number of Inquests held | 12 |
In 68 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 | 6 |
General arterio-sclerosis | 4 |
Atheroma of coronary artery | 4 |
Interstitial myocarditis | 6 |
Mitral stenosis | 1 |
Coronary thrombosis | 12 |
Aortic incompetence | 7 |
Rheumatic carditis | 1 |
Ruptured heart | 1 |
Myocardial infarct | 3 |
,, degeneration | 1 |
Rupture of aneurysm | 3 |
Congenital abnormality of heart | 3 |
Malignant glioma of cerebellum | 1 |
Diaphragmatic hernia | 1 |
Cerebral haemorrhage | 3 |
Pulmonary tuberculosis | 3 |
Stillborn | 2 |
Membranous tonsillitis—diphtheritic | 1 |
Asphyxia during eplipeptic convulsion | 1 |
Sub-arachnoid haemorrhage | 1 |
Pulmonary embolism | 1 |
,, atelectasis | 1 |
Toxic myocarditis due to hyperthroidism | 1 |