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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
Shoreditch 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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| Number of bodies deposited from— | |
| St. Leonard's Hospital | 30 |
| L.C.C. Infectious Disease Hospitals | 2 |
| Undertakers | 157 |
| Other sources | 2 |
| Total number of bodies deposited | 191 |
| Number of post-mortem examinations performed | 130 |
In the report for 1934 reference was made to the condition of the Public Mortuary.
No action has so far been taken with a view to the provision of a new mortuary,
although I think the time is fast approaching when this will be necessary.