EXHIBIT 23

                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
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The Board of Directors
Hooper Holmes, Inc.



We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements
(No. 33-53086 and No. 333-04785) on Form S-8 of Hooper Holmes, Inc. of our
report dated February 19, 1998, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of
Hooper Holmes, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1997 and 1996 and the
related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity, and cash
flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1997,
which report appears in the December 31, 1997 annual report on Form 10-K of
Hooper Holmes, Inc.




KPMG Peat Marwick LLP


Short Hills, New Jersey
March 30, 1998