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The County Council decided to exercise its powers in regard to the
burial or cremation of the body of any deceased person who was living
in accommodation provided under Part III of the Act, or was living in
a hostel provided by the County Council. The only establishment of
this nature in which are persons for whose cost of maintenance the
County Council is responsible is the Home of the Harrow Housing Society,
Ltd., at Pinner House, Church Lane, Pinner.
Mortuary.
The district is served by the one mortuary at Peel Road which is
under the care of a full-time mortuary attendant, Mr. C. Russell, of
30, Lome Road, Wealdstone. The room for the post-mortem examinations
is separate from that for the reception of bodies and has a separate
pathological room with sanitary annexe. It is fitted with a revolving
slab, centrally drained to the sewer. A refrigerating chamber has been
fitted. The reception room has a separate viewing room.
During the year, 271 bodies were received. Post-mortem examinations
were carried out on 188, and 30 inquests were held. Eighty-three
bodies were admitted for storage.
The Coroner for this district is Dr. Alan Cogswell, 14, Airedale
Road, Ealing, W.5. (Tel. No. Ealing 8544.)