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Hackney 1944

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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ORTHOPAEDIC, RHEUMATISM AND X-RAY CLINIC.

Table: Details are given in the following table of the patients treated during 1944 at the British Red Cross Society's Clinic at No. 92, Dalston Lane:—

Details are given in the following table of the patients treated during 1944 at the British Red Cross Society's Clinic at No. 92, Dalston Lane:—

Totals.Hackney Residents.
ChildrenAdults.
0-4 years.5-13 years.
Number of Patients admitted1,15210490651
Number of Attendances14,9061,3488287,349
Number of Treatments given49,0211,40397511,661
Number of Radiographs taken10235-49

Table: PUBLIC MORTUARY.Details of the bodies deposited in the Public Mortuary during the year are given in the following table:—

PUBLIC MORTUARY.

Details of the bodies deposited in the Public Mortuary during the year are given in the following table:—

Persons dying in Hackney.Persona dying elsewhere.Total
Number of bodies deposited in the mortuary38752439
1. To await inquests(a) Infectious (b) Non-Infectious76581
2. To await burial-—--
3. Cause of death certified by Coroner31147358
Number of post-mortem examinations made38650436