NRS-16247 | Mortuary Registers [Wallsend District Hospital]

These volumes record reception and release of the bodies of deceased persons at the mortuary of the Wallsend District Hospital. Allowing for some changes in format over time, the record typically shows the name of the deceased, the date and time of death or of reception in the mortuary, the ward from which the body was removed to the mortuary, the overall dimensions of the body, whether or not a post-mortem examination was held, whether the funeral was to be by burial or cremation, the sighting by the responsible wardsman of the death certificate presented by the undertaker (required before the body could be released), and the date of the body's release. Each entry is signed or initialled by the responsible wardsman. Between May, 1966 and February, 1979, two volumes were used in parallel to record receptions and releases, but before and after this period the data are recorded as part of a single entry in the same volume. The order of entries is chronological, by date and time of death or reception.本批档案册记录了沃森德地区医院（Wallsend District Hospital）太平间内逝者遗体的接收与放行情况。尽管随时间推移记录格式存在一定调整，此类条目通常包含以下信息：逝者姓名、死亡时间或遗体被移送至太平间的日期与时刻、遗体转运前所在的病房、遗体的整体尺寸、是否开展过尸检、葬礼采用土葬还是火葬、负责护理员对殡仪员提交的死亡证明的核验确认（该证明为遗体放行的必备要件），以及遗体的具体放行日期。每条记录均由负责护理员签字或签署姓名首字母。1966年5月至1979年2月期间，需同时使用两册档案册并行记录遗体接收与放行信息；而在此时间段前后，相关数据均录入同一册档案册的单条记录中。所有条目均按照死亡或遗体接收的日期与时间先后顺序排列。