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The sub-section is as follows:—
"The Sanitary Authority shall provide, free of charge,
"temporary shelter or house accommodation with any
"necessary attendants for the members of any family
"in which any dangerous infectious disease has
"appeared, who have been compelled to leave their
"dwellings for the purpose of enabling such dwellings
"to be disinfected by the Sanitary Authority."
The Council's Shelter in Sheepcote Lane (adjoining the
Public Mortuary and Coroner's Court) was ready for occupation
by the end of the year. The Shelter comprises two
tenements, each containing two rooms and a scullery, and one
tenement containing three rooms and a scullery. The
arrangement of the rooms is shewn on the accompanying plan.
Each tenement is fitted with the combined kitchen-range,
copper and bath, invented by Mr. Councillor J. Cornes, of
Leek. In the same building, but quite separate from the
Shelter, is the residence of the Mortuary Keeper. The total
cost of the building was £900 and the cost of the furniture,
bedding, etc., in the shelter £56.
Mortuary.
The number of bodies removed to the Mortuary in
Sheepcote Lane was 221. 204 were inquest cases, 6 bodies
of patients dying from infectious disease, and 15 bodies
removed for sanitary reasons from crowded homes.
The following table gives the number of bodies removed
to the Mortuary in each year since 1892:—