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ON THE SANITARY CONDITION OF
Board's mortuary where suitable arrangements are
made for the holding of post-mortem examinations, but
the Duchy forms a coroner's district in itself and as
the coroner thereof is not the same as that of the rest
of the Strand district, it places a legal barrier to the
removal of bodies from one district into that of another
coroner. The Strand district have done their part in
providing a proper mortuary (out of the rates to which
the inhabitants of the Duchy contribute). The difficulty
might be got over by an arrangement between the
coroners, as I understand is done in other parts of
London, by the authorities providing a better mortuary,
or by having one coroner for both districts.
Inspection and Analysis of Food.
Subjoined is a list of food stuffs which have been
destroyed during the year:—
Apples
Bananas
Cabbages
Cherries
Currants
Grapes
Greengages
Medlars
1 bushel.
5 baskets.
2,940 heads.
2½ bushels.
2 boxes.
23 barrels.
60 boxes.
9 boxes.
Oranges
Pears
Peas
Plums
Tomatoes
Turnip-tops
Lobster
1 box.
9 boxes.
14 sacks.
292 boxes.
284 boxes.
5 bags.
3,600 tins.
This does not represent all the food-stuffs disposed
of by your Board, as much refuse fruit and vegetables
are collected in Covent Garden Market in the special
carts provided for the purpose. The custom is for
inferior varieties of various food-stuffs to be sold with
the intention that only what is good in it should be
retailed to the public; the rest the buyer is expected
to pick out and throw into your Board's carts. If the
retailer fails to do this, he is liable to have the food in
his possession seized and destroyed, and no action