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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
Woolwich 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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MORTUARIES.
TABLE No. 68.
| Sun Street. | Sun Street Infectious). | Eltham. | All Mortuaries. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of bodies received: | 1923 | 1922 | |||
| (a) for inquest | 70 | — | — | 70 | 104 |
| (b) for custody | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 76 | 1 | 3 | 80 | 124 | |
| Number of Post-Mortem Examinations | 47 | — | — | 47 | 68 |
CEMETERIES.
TABLE No. 69.
| Number of Interments. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | |
| Woolwich Cemetery | 647 | 612 | 515 |
| Plumstead Cemetery | 730 | 720 | 599 |
| Eltham Churchyard | 179 | 199 | 153 |
| Plumstead Churchyard | 24 | 33 | 23 |
| 1,580 | 1,564 | 1,290 | |
Number of Exhumations carried out during year 4
Outworkers. In April your Medical Officer had occasion
to report to the Council that the sorting of peppercorns was
being carried out by outworkers in the Borough and that the
circumstances under which the work was being carried out