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of the ground it would leave the rest free for the other buildings.
This opportunity might well be taken for the improvement of
the present means for disinfecting infectious articles, which to
say the least, are certainly not all that can be desired.
The entrance for admission to the Mortuary premises should be
separate from that leading to the Coroner's Court, or. at any
rate, should be so placed that it is impossible for those visiting
the Coroner's Court alone to pass anywhere near the Mortnary.
I do not propose to dwell at any length upon the buildings required
for the purposes of the Coroner. There is, of course, need for a
public court, waiting rooms, lavatories, water closets, urinals,
a room for the Coroner, and a room to which the Jury could
retire for consultation.
I do not think all these rooms need be on the ground floor, but some
of the smaller rooms, with those of the caretaker, might conveniently
be placed on the upper storey.
I should wish to see the architecture of the buildings for the Coroner's
purposes harmonize with that of the Mortuary building, but still
sufficiently different to indicate the difference in their purpose.
SANITARY CONDITION OF DIFFERENT DISTRICTS.
As in past years, I should wish to devote a portion of the
report to the subject of comparative death rates in the different
sub-registration districts. During the year 1884, each 1,000 of
the inhabitants of Somers Town and Tottenham Court Road
lost by deaths from Tubercular Diseases 8.1 persons, while
the other districts lost in Regent's Park and Camden Town 3.0,
Gray's Inn Lane 2.8, and Kentish Town 2.4 in every 1,000.
The deaths from Pulmonary Diseases occurred in the following
proportions : Camden Town 4.5, Somers Town 3.8, Tottenham
Court Road 8.6, Gray's Inn Lane 3.4, Regent's Park 2.9, and
Kentish Town 2'8, in each 1,000 of inhabitants. From the
nine Zymotic Diseases, Somers Town and Gray's Inn Lane lost
8.6 in each 1,000, Tottenham Court Road 8.4, Camden Town
8.4, Kentish Town 2.7, and Regent's Park 2.3.
The higher death rates in the southern part of the Parish
have been discussed in previous reports, and it has been shown
how much of these are due to the insanitary condition of certain
localities to which the especial attention of the Vestry has been
directed.
It is with much satisfaction I am able to record that the continued
existence of such localities as Poplar and Compton Places