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 Woolwich]
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Offensive Trades. There are no offensive trades in Woolwich.
TABLE No. 17.
Sun St. Sun St. Eltham. (Infectious) | All Mortuaries. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1921. | 1920. | ||||
Number of bodies received— | |||||
(a) for inquest | 89 | 1 | - | 90 | 120 |
(b) for custody | 25 | - | 17 | 42 | 11 |
Total number | 114 | 1 | 17 | 132 | 131 |
Number of Post-Mortem Examinations | 55 | - | - | 55 | 74 |
Cemeteries. The following statistics have been supplied
by the various Cemetery Superintendents and by the Vicar
of Eltham.:—
TABLE No. 18.
Number of interments. | |||
---|---|---|---|
1919. | 1920 | 1921 | |
Woolwich Cemetery | 606 | 617 | 647 |
Plumstead Cemetery | 740 | 641 | 730 |
Eltham Cemetery | 192 | 173 | 179 |
Plumstead Churchyard | 37 | 41 | 24 |
1,575 | 1,472 | 1,580 |
During the year two copies of exhumation licences were
received from the Home Office, and each disinterment was
viewed. The arrangements made by the Cemeteries Department
were very satisfactory.
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