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Deaths

How to register a death, make funeral arrangements, cope with bereavement, cemeteries and burial grounds, and more.


Registering a death


What you need to do when someone dies.

When a child dies


The legal requirements and what happens after a child has died.

Cemeteries


Our cemeteries include Walthamstow Queens Road Cemetery and Chingford Mount Cemetery.

Coroner's Court


East London Coroner covers five London Boroughs: Waltham Forest, Newham, Redbridge, Havering, and Barking and Dagenham.

Make funeral arrangements


Guidance on making arrangements when someone dies.

East London Forensic Centre


The East London Forensic Centre, is a new state-of-the-art facility dedicated to providing comprehensive post-mortem examination services.

Public health funerals


Help with funeral arrangements and costs.

Coping with bereavement


Coping with the loss of a loved one is one of the most difficult things to happen in our lives.

How to repatriate bodies


Guidance on bringing a dead body to England or moving one abroad.

Freedom of Information data for public health funerals


We publish information, where possible, to answer the most commonly asked Freedom of Information Act questions on public health funerals - help with funeral arrangements and costs.

Registering a stillbirth


Guidance on the stillbirth registration process.

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