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As there wasn't a public mortuary in Whitechapel the police sent Martha's body to the 'deadhouse' belonging to the workhouse infirmary in Old Montague Street.
== Post-Mortem ==
[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Dr_Timothy_Robert_Killeen Dr Timothy Robert Killeen] conducted the post-mortem.
The summary of wounds given to the inquest on 9th August 1888 were:
* An effusion of blood between the scalp and the bone
* The brain was pale but healthy
* At least twenty-two stab wounds to the trunk
* The left lung was penetrated in five places
* The right lung was penetrated in two places
* The heart was rather fatty
* The heart was penetrated once
* Blood was present in the pericardium
* The liver was penetrated in five places
* The spleen lung was penetrated in two places
* The stomach was penetrated in six places
* The lower portion of the body was penetrated in one place
* Death was due to haemorrhage and loss of blood