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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
West Ham 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Particulars of Bodies Received into the Mortuaries during 1930.
| Months | Stratford Mortuary. | Canning Town Mortuary. | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number received. | No. of bodies remaining in & viewed at. Queen Mary's Hospital | Males | Females | Over 5 yrs. | Under 5 yrs. | Sent in by Coroner. | Sent in by Police. | Sent in on Sanitary grounds. | Number of Postmortems. | Number of Inquests. | Number received. | Males | Females | Over 5 yrs. | Under 5 yrs. | Sent in by Coroner. | Sent in by Police. | Sent in on Sanitary grounds. | Number of Postmortems. | No. of Inquests | |
| January | 20 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 16 | 8 | ... | 13 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | |
| February | 20 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 17 | 6 | ... | 14 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | |
| March | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | ... | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| April | 8 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ... | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ... | 4 | 1 |
| May | 19 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 16 | 6 | ... | 11 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| June | 11 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 6 | ... | 2 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ... | 4 | 2 | |
| July | 12 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 5 | ... | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | ... | |
| August | 12 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 6 | ... | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ||
| September | 10 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 2 | ... | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||
| October | 12 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| November | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 3 | ... | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | |||
| December | 13 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 3 | ... | 10 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 2 | 4 |
| Total | 151 | 31 | 115 | 67 | 154 | 28 | 125 | 57 | 87 | 113 | 47 | 30 | 17 | 34 | 13 | 21 | 21 | 5 | 35 | 13 | |
| Grand Total | 182 | 182, | 182 | 182 | 47 | 47 | 47 | ||||||||||||||