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so incurred by the relieving officer may be recovered by him, in a summary
manner, from any person legally liable to pay the expenses of such burial.
The 28th section authorizes the Local Board to provide a place for the
reception of dead bodies, (otherwise than at a workhouse or at a mortuary)
during the time required for the making of post mortem examinations, when the
same are ordered to be made by the coroner of the district, or any other
constituted authority; and,
Lastly, the 37th section empowers each local authority, either separately
or in combination with two or more authorities, to provide for the use of the
inhabitants within its district, district hospitals, or temporary places for the
reception of the sick.
Under the existing arrangements for the removal of the sick to hospitals,
it appears to be injurious to the self-respect of a large and highly useful
class of persons to compel them to go to a pauper establishment while
suffering from illness; for there is no provision made in the existing pauper
hospitals for the reception of respectable domestic servants, tradesmen's
assistants, and others, whose employers would be willing to pay for their
maintenance and treatment in a hospital. It would be very desirable if an
arrangement could be made with the poor-law authorities, whereby a portion
of each hospital for infectious diseases could be set apart for self-dependant
cases, i. e., those patients for whom a maintenance or weekly allowance
would be offered and paid.
There are two or three other Acts of Parliament which have not been
acted on by your Board, viz.
The Labouring Classes Dwellings Act of 1851, and the Public Works
Loan Commissioners Act of 1860, and the Act to amend the above-named
Acts, 1867. These are permissive Acts, and were passed for the encouragement
of local authorities to establish improved lodging houses for the
labouring classes.
Additional Paving Works required eor Sanitary Purposes.
The places in the poorer districts which more immediately require the
attention of the Board for a re-lay of the carriage-ways, for the health of
the inhabitants, are the following, viz. Flower and Dean Street, Fashion
Street, Thrawl Street, and Keate Street.
As a matter of convenience to all the officers of the Board, it is most
desirable that all the above-mentioned Streets should be re-numbered.