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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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WEST HAM PUBLIC MORTUARY Particulars of Bodies Received into the Mortuary During 1959
| Month | Number received | Males | Females | Over 5 years of age | Under 5 years | Sent in by the Coroner | Sent in by the Police | Sent in for Sanitary Reasons | No. ofPostMortem Examinations held | No. of inquests held | No. of bodies temporarlly embalmed. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37 | 20 | 17 | 34 | 3 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 36 | 2 | |
| February | 52 | 37 | 15 | 51 | 1 | 49 | 3 | - | 52 | 2 | |
| March | 29 | 17 | 12 | 28 | 1 | 25 | 4 | - | 29 | 4 | 6 |
| April | 31 | 22 | 9 | 30 | 1 | 25 | 6 | - | 31 | 6 | 9 |
| May | 21 | 15 | 6 | 21 | - | 14 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 5 |
| June | 33 | 17 | 16 | 32 | 1 | 28 | 5 | - | 33 | 8 | 4 |
| July | 25 | 10 | 15 | 25 | - | 23 | 2 | - | 25 | 4 | 8 |
| August | 12 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 1 | - | 12 | 1 | 2 |
| September | 17 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 6 | - | 17 | 3 | 6 |
| October | 29 | 20 | 9 | 28 | 1 | 26 | 3 | - | 29 | 2 | 10 |
| November | 41 | 24 | 17 | 39 | 2 | 35 | 6 | - | 41 | 5 | 12 |
| December | 44 | 22 | 22 | 42 | 2 | 37 | 7 | - | 44 | 6 | 13 |
| TOTAL | 371 | 154 | 354 | 17 | 314 | 55 | 2 | 369 | 45 |