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Harrow 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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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 Lorne Road, Wealdstone.
The arrangement by which bodies from the Wembley area should be
received in the Corporation mortuary at a charge of £2 each pending the
provision of a new mortuary in Wembley was continued.
During the year 423 bodies were received in the mortuary, 159 of
these being from Wembley. Post-mortem examinations were carried out
on all but 5 of the bodies admitted. Inquests were held on 108.