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In addition to the above there will be the cemetery
charge for the grave, which now is for persons of 10 years of
age and upwards, 13s.; children under 10 years of age, 9s.
The London Necropolis National Mausoleum Company
will undertake to supply the coffins and remove the bodies
with all convenient dispatch, and bury each in a separate
grave, having previously exercised the following precautions,
namely, the shroud to be soaked in carbolic acid,
and a canister of carbolic powder to be sprinkled over the
body, for the sum of £1 10s. for each child and £2 for
each adult, and in each case one mourner's fare to be
included.
6.—Provision of Medical Visitors.
The District was to be mapped out into convenient places,
and a sufficient number of Medical Practitioners appointed
for the visitation of the poorer houses, and for the detection
and treatment of cholera and diarrhoea cases.
7.—Nurses for the Siclc.
The Metropolitan and National Nursing Association, of
No. 23, Bloomsbury Square, kindly placed at my disposal
5 or 6 nurses, should their services be required.
8.—Supply of Medicines.
3 Chemists, residents in the District, agreed to dispense
prescriptions and to supply medicines during all hours of
the day and night at a reasonable charge.-
9.—General Sanitary Work.
A temporary Sanitary Inspector was engaged specially to
examine the water-closets, cisterns, and ash-bins throughout
the District.