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BODIES ADMITTED.
1 At the request of relatives of the deceased 30
2 At the request of Undertakers (bodies principally
of parishioners removed from hospitals) 18
3 At the request of the Coroner (Inquest cases)—
Cases of sudden death 15
Cases of violent death 3
— 18
Found dead 19
4 Brought in by the Police -Accident cases 7
Suicides 5
— 31
5 Death due to infectious disease 3
100
In nearly one-half of the above cases post mortem examinations
were made by authority.
Mortuary Keeper's Residence.—In my last report I had
occasion to refer to inconvenience from difficulty in finding
lodgings for the Mortuary Keeper within a reasonable distance of
the Mortuary. That officer has now secured a house adjoining
the building.
CORONER'S COURT.
It is now very generally the practice to provide a Court for
the Coroner in connection with the Mortuary, so as to obviate the
necessity of holding inquests in public-houses. This step seemed
to me unnecessary when plans for the Mortuary were under
consideration, there being rooms at the adjacent Vestry Hall
suitable for the purpose. Accordingly, the Works, Sanitary, and
General Purposes Committee authorised me to communicate with
the then Churchwardens, who, as trustees of the Vestry Hall,
consented to place a room at the disposal of the Coroner whenever
required; on due notice being given, and subject to the payment
which the Coroner is authorised to make, and does make, for such
accommodation provided elsewhere for the same purpose.