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Leyton 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Section 50—Burial and Cremation of the Dead.
During the year arrangements were made for the carrying out
of nine burials under this Section.
PUBLIC MORTUARY.
The arrangement entered into between the Council and the
Hospital Management Committee (Leytonstone No. 10 Hospital
Group) in September, 1949, for the provision of public mortuary
facilities at Whipps Cross Hospital mortuary has continued during
the year.
Number of bodies deposited, death being due to:—
| Natural causes | 38 |
| Suicide | 2 |
| Accidents | 2 |
| 42 | |
| Number of Post-mortem examinations performed | 42 |
In 38 instances no inquest was considered necessary in
consequence of the post-mortem findings that death was due to
natural causes. The causes of death in these cases were certified
as:—
Coronary thrombosis 10
,, occlusion-atlieroma 6
Myocardial degeneration 5
Mitral stenosis 1
Ruptured aortic aneurysm—specific 2
„ cerebral aneurysm 2
Pneumonia 4
Strangulated hernia 1
Carcinoma 3
Pulmonary tuberculosis 3
Pontine haemorrhage 1