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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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APPENDIX 2
PARTICULARS OF BODIES RECEIVED INTO THE MORTUARY DURING 1950.
STRATFORD MORTUARY
| Month | Number Received | Males | Females | Over 5 years | Under 5 years | Sent in by Coroner | Sent in by Police | Sent in on Sanitary Grounds | Number of post-mortem examinations | Number of inquests |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30 | 17 | 13 | 26 | 4 | 24 | 6 | - | 30 | 7 |
| February | 21 | 15 | 6 | 21 | - | 14 | 7 | - | 21 | 5 |
| March | 27 | 15 | 12 | 24 | - | 22 | 5 | - | 27 | 6 |
| April | 26 | 15 | 11 | 26 | - | 23 | 3 | - | 27 | 2 |
| May | 15 | 8 | 7 | 15 | - | 14 | 1 | - | 15 | 1 |
| June | 22 | 14 | 8 | 22 | - | 15 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 3 |
| July | 17 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 8 | - | 17 | 8 |
| August | 26 | 17 | 9 | 21 | 5 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 8 |
| September | 22 | 14 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 15 | 7 | - | 22 | 8 |
| October | 26 | 15 | 11 | 25 | 1 | 15 | 11 | - | 26 | 9 |
| November | 17 | 9 | 8 | 17 | - | 12 | 5 | - | 17 | 6 |
| December | 38 | 20 | 18 | 35 | 3 | 27 | 11 | - | 38 | 5 |
| TOTAL: | 287 | 173 | 114 | 268 | 19 | 209 | 75 | 3 | 284 | 68 |