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Bakehouses.
Number of bakehouses
38
„ inspections
57
„ notices served
6
Disinfection.—During the past year, 310 premises have been dis
infected after cases of infectious or other disease, 35 of these being rooms
which had been in occupation by persons suffering from phthisis ending
fatally. In addition, 236 rooms were disinfected for the presence of bugs
and other vermin, and were subsequently stripped and cleansed by the
owners of the property.
At the disinfecting station 3,251 separate articles of clothing, &c.,
were disinfected, and 1,447 beds, mattresses, &c., were destroyed in the
incinerator. The furnaces of the incinerater were put in a state of
thorough repair in 1908 at a total cost of £40.
The Public Mortuary.—Very considerable improvements were
carried out at the Public Mortuary in 1908. A new revolving vitreousenamelled
cast-iron post-mortem table, a white-enamelled moveable
trolley constructed of steel tubing on castors, movable screens, and better
artificial lighting for the P.-M. room were provided. The mortuary slabs
were re-arranged so as to provide better access from the mortuary
chamber to the P.-M. room, and the height of the slabs was adjusted to
that of the trolley and P.-M. table. The interior of the Mortuary was
also cleansed, painted, and varnished. The total cost of these improvements
was £44 Is. 6d.
In respect of the duties of the Mortuary Keeper as to the holding
of autopsies, the Borough Council formulated the following rules, which
are now displayed at the Mortuary for the information of medical
practitioners.
It is the duty of the Mortuary Keeper to strip and wash the
body prior to a post-mortem examination, and to place it on the
post-mortem table in readiness for such examination.
It is no part of his duty to assist a medical practitioner in the
performance of a post-mortem examination, or to replace the organs
and sew up the incisions incidental to the examination.
to medical practitioners.
N.B.—It is particularly requested that at least two hours'
notice should be given to the Mortuary Keeper of the intention to
conduct a post-mortem examination.
In the absence of such notice it is impossible to provide that
the Mortuary Keeper will be in attendance, and that the necessary
arrangements will have been made for the examination.
By Order.
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