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18 Sanitary Administration.
Those responsible for the Garden, Laundry, Disinfector, Ambulance,
Mortuary, and Coroner's Court have carried out their duties
satisfactorily.
If the accommodation at the Hospital allows of it, I would urge
the reservation of at least six beds for the treatment of Measles and
Whooping Cough- and also that cases of Encephalitis Lethargica and
Cerebror spinal Meningitis be admitted when, occasion arises.
The Coroner's Court and Public Mortuary are situated in the
grounds of the Isolation Hospital, and are the property of the District
Council. The Hospital Porter acts as Mortuary attendant.
The number of Inquests held during 1920 was 50, including 26
residents, 13 non-residents, and 11 unknown. The verdicts returned
were:—
Natural causes 21
Accidental 3
Suicide 11
Found drowned 9
Murder 1
Unascertainable 2
Want of attention at birth 2
Manslaughter 1
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BACTERIOLOGICAL WORK FOR 1920.
Specimens examined at the Council's Laboratory at the Isolation
Hospital by the M.O.H.