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MORTUARY AND CORONER'S COURT.
A total of 422 bodies were received at the mortuary, 316 of these
were removed by order of the Coroner, 101 at the request of the
relatives, and five on my order.
The Coroner held 316 inquests, and 104 post mortem examinations
were made by medical men.
SUPERVISION OF TRADE PREMISES.
The nineteen cow-houses and the ten slaughter houses have been
kept under careful observation. All are in a satisfactory condition ;
and no opposition was offered to the renewal of the licenses.
The 102 bakehouses have also been regularly inspected and have
been kept in a more cleanly condition.
Under Sec. 26 of the Factory and Workshops Act H. M. Inspectors
forward to us notices of all new workshops opened in the parish;
but as we keep no trade register and make no periodical inspection
of these places the notices have not been utilized. H.M. Inspectors
have also forwarded 57 complaints of various insanitary conditions
found by them in workshops. All these complaints were investigated
by the district inspectors and their reports subsequently laid before
the Sanitary Committee. The gravamen of a large number of the
complaints (forty-one) was unsanitary conditions of W.C.'s. On this
matter Mr. Foot complains that " The filthy and destructive habits
of many of the workpeople are almost enough to cause a sanitary
officer to despair. I have seen workshops provided with sanitary
conveniences, in all respects properly fitted up and suitable for the
hands employed, and on revisiting a short time after, the places
have been found to be filthy, and in a state of disrepair that could
only have been brought about by the most improper and destructive
usage." There were twenty-seven complaints of dirty walls and
ceilings, six of defective ventilation, five of overcrowding, and six of
insufficient W.C. accommodation. In a few instances the nuisance
had been abated before the visit of the Sanitary Inspector ; in every
other instance (with the exception of the two complaints of