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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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PUBLIC MORTUARY, 1938
Number of bodies deposited from—
St. Leonard's Hospital 72
St. Matthew's Hospital 1
Other Hospitals 68
Undertakers 90
Other sources 2
Total number of bodies deposited 233
Number of post-mortem examinations performed 209
In the report for 1934 reference was made to the condition of the Public Mortuary.
During the year the question of alterations to the Mortuary came before the Public
Health Committee, and correspondence took place between the Committee and the
London County Council. In London the administration of Mortuaries presents
many difficulties in that co-operation is necessary between the County Council, the
Coroners Courts Districts, and the Borough Council. No satisfactory conclusion
has yet been reached.