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to render it more than usually desirable that these places of amusement
should be at least once a day flooded with fresh air and sunlight.
During the year we have made enquiries in every case of infectious
disease as to the probable or possible source of infection, and in a number
of cases the data obtained corresponded to a visit to a picture palace.
Up to the present it does not seem more than what might be
expected from any large mixed gathering of children, but the picture
palace as a focus of infection is one that in my opinion needs closely
watching.
Public Mortuary.
During the year the bodies of 107 persons were brought to the
Mortuary, as against 84 last year—71 by order of the Coroner, 20 by
the Police, and 16 at the request of friends of the deceased persons.
In 90 instances, or 84.1 per cent. of the bodies admitted, inquests
were held, and in 58 instances, or 54.1 per cent., post-mortem examinations
were made.