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The necessity of making provision for such temporary accommodation is
obvious. In order to meet this necessity, an 8-roomed house, situate at
18, Branch Place, was taken by the Vestry, at a rental of 18s. per week, and
furnished with such articles as are likely to be required by any family who may
be placed in temporary occupation. A caretaker and his wife were put in charge
to look after the premises, air the rooms, bedding, &c., and to make ready for
any persons whom it may be necessary to send there whilst their own dwellings
are being disinfected.
Since August, 18, Branch Place has been used for the temporary accommodation
of a family of seven, amongst whom a case of cholera had occurred;
of a second family of seven, amongst whom two cases of small-pox had occurred;
and of a father and two children, the remainder of the family, consisting of
the mother and four children, having been removed to the hospital stricken
with scarlatina.
The total cost of furnishing the house was just under £10.
MORTUARY.
During the year, 471 bodies were received into the mortuary, the numbers
during the last five years were as follows:—
Year 1889. 1890. 1891. 1892. 1893.
300 337 346 375 471
The bodies of 19 persons, who had died of infectious disease were removed
to the mortuary by the Sanitary Authority.
The number of post-mortems made in the post-mortem room, attached to
the mortuary, was 29.
In the autumn, the ventilation of the building was improved and the whole
of the interior was thoroughly cleansed, limewashed and painted. The existing
glass partition was extended up to the roof so as to make a small lobby of one
end of the mortuary. This arrangement affords protection from infection of
jurymen and others viewing bodies, as there is no necessity to go beyond the
glass partition which shuts off the lobby from the rest of the mortuary.
These alterations were carried out at a cost of £32.