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Leyton 1936

[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 causes68
Suicide3
Street accidents5
Other accidents3
Other causes1
80
Number of Post mortem examinations performed74
Number of Inquests held12

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:—

Pneumonia6
General arterio-sclerosis4
Atheroma of coronary artery4
Interstitial myocarditis6
Mitral stenosis1
Coronary thrombosis12
Aortic incompetence7
Rheumatic carditis1
Ruptured heart1
Myocardial infarct3
,, degeneration1
Rupture of aneurysm3
Congenital abnormality of heart3
Malignant glioma of cerebellum1
Diaphragmatic hernia1
Cerebral haemorrhage3
Pulmonary tuberculosis3
Stillborn2
Membranous tonsillitis—diphtheritic1
Asphyxia during eplipeptic convulsion1
Sub-arachnoid haemorrhage1
Pulmonary embolism1
,, atelectasis1
Toxic myocarditis due to hyperthroidism1