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(e) Number of house and name of street or other description of the place
whence the body has been brought to the mortuary;
(f) Name and address of the person by whose order the body has been
brought to the mortuary; and
(g) Date of the removal of the body for burial.
(5) The mortuary attendant shall not be justified in refusing to admit a corpse
on the ground that the above mentioned particulars cannot be given at the
time when the application for admission is made to him.
(6) The mortuary attendant shall be responsible for the safe keeping of the
shells belonging to the mortuary, and he shall be empowered to lend them to
undertakers or other responsible persons for the conveyance of bodies to the
mortuary.
(7) The shells when not in use shall not be allowed to remain in the mortuary
chamber, but shall be deposited in the place provided for the purpose.
(8) Each shell after being used shall be thoroughly cleansed before being so
deposited.
(9) No dead body shall be received upon the premises unless it is enclosed in a
shell or coffin.
WATER SUPPLY.
During the year 1897 the rainfall in inches measured at Oxford was 19.24 inches;
the mean fall for thirty years being 25.1 inches, and the total deficit was 6.48 inches.
This year is marked by the great deficiency of water in the portion of the parish
supplied by the East London Water Company. The deficiency was general throughout
the Company's area in East London, and affected a population of close upon 1,300,000
people. Much inconvenience, discomfort, distress, and danger to health resulted.
The following is an account of the proceedings taken in Shoreditch with a view of
mitigating the evil results attendant upon the interruption of the constant supply:
On August 19th information was received from the East London Waterworks
Company to the effect that severe and prolonged drought had rendered it advisable
to draw upon the water remaining in the reservoirs to as small an extent as possible;
it had, therefore, been decided to restrict the supply given to consumers, and printed
notices that the water would be turned on twice a day for about three hours each
time, and at the same hours as nearly as possible daily, were to be distributed from
house to house in the district. The road watering posts (except where fixed on large
arterial mains) would only be available for filling water carts during the hours when
the water was turned on. The arterial mains would remain constantly charged in
case of fire.