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MORTUARY.
The Council's mortuary consists of a post-mortem room, with the necessary
appliances, and an ante-room for medical practitioners, also two mortuary
chambers, one for infectious bodies and one for non-infectious bodies. The
interior of each is faced with white glazed bricks, and is disinfected and washed
after the removal of each body.
During the year 106 bodies were received into your mortuary. 87 inquests
and 82 post-mortems were held.
8 bodies were deposited to await burial owing to the bodies being infectious.
6 bodies were left on deposit by undertakers to await burial, owing to there
being no accommodation for the retention of them in the homes.
1 body I had removed to the mortuary as it was found that the parents had
detained it with the expectation of receiving some insurance money for burial,
but the money was not forthcoming. Eventually the body was buried by the
Guardians.
2 bodies were detained after inquest, owing to them having rapidly decomposed.
20 remained in mortuary after inquest by request of relatives to await
burial.
8 were buried by the Guardians.
The mortuary attendant when not engaged in mortuary work assists in the
Sanitary stores giving out disinfectants, and in delivering notices and letters in
connection with the schools, and general notices in connection with sanitary
work. He also assists in the laboratory when required.
DUST COLLECTION.
The collection of the house refuse is under the supervision of the Public
Health Department, and the work of dust removal carried out by contract.
The district is divided into six areas for the purpose of collection with one
van to each area, and one special van for picking up any back work. The dust
from the Edmonton Union is removed every morning before eight o'clock.
During the six winter months of the year the dust was deposited in the
brickfields, and during the six summer months on the Council's shoot at Deepham's
Farm,