Busiest morgue
Who
Salt River Morgue
What
30000 total number
Where
South Africa (Cape Town)
When
1998
The Salt River Morgue, Cape Town, South Africa, handled more than 30,000 cadavers in 1998. Almost 4,000 of these dead bodies have untraceable identities and are often the victims of violent crime. All cadavers undergo an autopsy and the nameless corpses are buried in plots marked with numbers.