London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Tottenham 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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(6) Regulation should assure priority in admission for
those cases dealt with under the National Assistance Act,
1948.
Section 50: Burials.
This section makes it the duty of the Council to arrange the
burial of any person who has died in the district where it appears
that there are no suitable arrangements for the disposal of the body.
During 1948 two burials were arranged in accordance with this
section.