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Walthamstow 1942

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS.
During the year, 52 examinations were carried out by the
Medical Staff in respect of the Superannuation and Sick Pay
Scheme.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Your Council made the following grants during the year to
voluntary orgsnisations:-
Invalid Children's Aid Association £100
Y/althamstow Association of Tuberculosis Care
Helpers £25.
MORTUARY.- A Coroner's Court, mortuary (with special
provision for Infectious Disease cases) and a post-mortem room
is provided by your Council at Queen's Road Cemetery.
The Cemetery Superintendent reports that the number of
inquests and post-mortems were as follows:-
Inquests only 86
- Post-Mortems 106
Post-Mortems and Inquests (not
included above) 55
Total 245
CREMATION.
Facilities for cremation are available at the Crematorium
provided by the Corporation of the City of London, at Manor Park,
Little Ilford.
Mr.T.S.Cunningham, B.Sc., M.Inst.M.& Cy.E., Borough Engineer
and Surveyor, kindly contributes the following information:-
Housing.
Statistics.
Number of new houses erected during the year: -
By private enterprise 1 (Hale End Ward).
No major alterations were carried out at the Sanatorium
or at Thorpe Coombe Maternity Hospital.
21.