Co/Fin4/1

Correspondence file

1950 - 1970

From: 1950 To: 1970

Includes: papers regarding resignation of J.H. Hoare as County Coroner and appointment of J.A.I. Drew; appointment of Deputy Coroner; several instances of sending organs of a dead person to Public Analyst with description of circumstances; template letter regarding notification of inquest; sending organs of suspected silicosis victim to London Chest Hospital for analysis; description of a peer on a death certificate; notification of inquest to be sent to Motor Insurer's Bureau in cases of Road Traffic Accidents (RTAs) involving unknown drivers; copy of S.I. 1948 No.1000 regarding death in an institution; several instances of adjournment of inquest in cases of suspicious circumstances or suspected murder; employment of a pathologist on a post-mortem regarding death in suspicious circumstances; several instances of Coroner's jury riders regarding possible improvements at the site of fatal RTAs; setting up of a Pneumoconiosis Panel for southern England; doctor's verbal pronouncement of death rather than issuing a certificate; circumstances in which a body may be cleansed; difficulty of obtaining mortuary attendants and payments to them; discussion on scale of fees in the light of Home Office Circular 176/1955; formation of Luton District; several cases of death from suspected pneumoconiosis, and notification to London Pneumoconiosis Medical Panel

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Drew, Joseph Arthur Ivor,
Hoare, John Henry

coroner, business correspondence, South Bedfordshire, LUTON, resignation, employment, Deputy Coroner, human organs, analyst, inquest, disease, out county hospitals, certificate, insurance, road accidents, public buildings & land, murder, pathologist, juries, doctor, cleaners, mortuary, fees/charges, TRADE & INDUSTRY, HEALTH & SAFETY