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were conducted there at midnight, by the manager of the
branch establishment, who had had a dispute with his employer
about 3s. due for wages. The police removed the
bodies out of the parish and then communicated with me, but
I did not see that there would be any advantage to the parish
in my fetching the nuisance back.
That the man Camden was guilty of an outrage against
public decency, as well as of gross breach of faith with his
customers, admits of no doubt. That a nuisance existed
when the coffins were opened is equally evident. If he has
committed a criminal offence the matter is already in the
hands of the police. Whether any further proceedings can
be taken under the Sanitary Acts for the prolonged detention
of the bodies on the premises, I am unable to say, but suggest
that the Vestry should take the opinion of the Law Clerk on
that point.
The accumulation of dust and manure at the Vestry Wharf
is much larger than should be allowed.
October 1st, 1883.
During the fortnight that ended on the 22nd day of
September, 136 births and deaths were registered in the
parish. These numbers are equivalent to an annual birth
rate of 40.1, and an annual rate of mortality of 15.9, per 1000
of the estimated population. The corresponding death rate
in London was 16.8.
The fatal cases of diarrhœa in the Metropolis are considerably
below the average of the corresponding period in
the previous ten years.
Our deaths from the chief diseases of the zymotic class
numbered 16, of which 2 were referred to measles, 7 to scarlet
fever, 1 to diphtheria, 2 to whooping cough, and 4 to diarrhœa.
Diseases of the respiratory organs caused 12 deaths, and
tubercular diseases, 6.
One death arose from accident.
The accumulation at the Vestry wharf has been reduced.
Seven barge loads were removed last week. About 6 barge
loads are remaining.