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22
Medical Officer's Report.
THE MORTUARY.
There were 161 bodies brought into the mortuary from ist January to
December 31st, 1898.
Coroner's inquests were held on 49 of these.

METEOROLOGY.
Details are given in Table V.
The mean temperature for the year was 51.3° F., or 2.6° F. above the
mean of the preceding 127 years. The rainfall was 18.85 inches, being
6.o7 inches below the average of the preceding 83 years.
ABSTRACT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE REPORT
OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON TUBERCULOSIS
Appointed to enquire into the administrative procedures for controlling danger to
man through the use as food of the meat and milk of tuberculous animals.
1. Meat.—It appears desirable that in London the provision of public
in substitution for private slaughter-houses should be considered in respect to
the needs of London as a whole, and in determining their positions regard
must be had for the convenient conveyance of animals by railway from the
markets beyond the limits of London, as well as from the Islington market,
to the public slaughter-houses which should be provided. At the present
time no administrative authority has statutory power authorizing it to provide
public slaughter-houses other than for the slaughter of foreign cattle at the
port of debarcation.
Also the general recommendations for Great Britain and Ireland, which
may be thus briefly summarized.