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(b) Brixton Oval.—Open space, which has been laid out,
and presented to the Borough, by Lady Tate, to be
maintained for all time.
(c) Brockwell Park Extension.—Six acres at the Southern end
of the Park, towards the price of which the Borough
Council has guaranteed to contribute £2,000, if, and
when, the Extension Committee has raised £10,000,
and conditional to a widening being made to the public
way at the junction of the Norwood and Trinity
Roads.
The question of the provision of open spaces is an important
one from a Public Health point of view, and the suggestion made
during 1904 that land on Salter's Hill, or elsewhere in Norwood,
should be secured for such a purpose, is one that should be
supported, and carried into effect as soon as possible.
MORTUARIES AND CORONER'S COURTS.
The total number of bodies received at the two Borough
Mortuaries (High Street and Wanless Road) during 1904 was
373, as compared with 437 during 1903, and an annual average
for the old Parish of Lambeth for 5 years (1896-1900) of 450.
Of the 373 bodies, 272 were received at High Street and 101 at
Wanless Road. The total number (373) is 77 below the average
for 1896-1900.
45 bodies were brought in by the Police (32 to High Street
and 13 to Wanless Road), and the rest by undertakers or private
persons.
The Coroner's Court sat 47 times at Wanless Road, 272 times
at High Street.
Wanless Road Mortuary alone is provided with a separate
room for bodies dead from infectious disease, and during 1904
one infectious body (diphtheria) was received there.