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permitted to introduce a brief statement concerning the chief
features of the District Mortuary and Coroner's Court, etc., which
will be executed after the plans of Mr. W. La Riviere. He thus
describes the proposed works :—
The buildings are to be erected upon brick Arches, Girders,
and Columns, all upon one floor, the dimensions of the different
rooms being as follows :—
Coroner's Court, 16 feet by 23 feet, lighted from above and side
lights from George Yard.
Coroner's Consulting Room, Lavatory attached, 9 feet by 12
feet, light from George Yard.
Waiting Room, 10 feet by 12, Lavatory attached, lighted from
Destructor Yard.
Post Mortem Room, 15 feet by 12 feet, lighted from above and
Destructor Yard (with necessary hot and cold water apparatus.)
Infectious Mortuary, 14 feet by 12 feet, lighted from George
Yard.
Hebrew Mortuary, 16 feet by 12 feet, lighted from George Yard,
Hebrew Watcher's Room and Lavatories attached, lighted
from George Yard.
Catacomb Mortuary, comprising ten separate compartments,
with independent ventilation to each, and lighted and ventilated
from above.
Viewing Lobby to Mortuaries, 14 feet by 14 feet, lighted and
ventilated from above.
Lift provided from ground floor into Viewing Lobby.
Landing in centre of building, lighted and ventilated from
above.
The floors to the Post Mortem Room, Mortuaries, Catacombs,
Viewing Lobby, Watcher's Room, and W.C., formed with Portland
cement.
The floors to Waiting Rooms, Lavatory, Coroner's Court,
and W.C., formed with pitch pine wood blocks, laid herring-bone
pattern.
UNCERTIFIED DEATHS.
Only 3 uncertified deaths occurred, viz. :—A male, aged one
hour, certified by a midwife as premature birth. This was in the
Goodman's Fields sub-district. In the Spitalfields sub-district
two deaths were stated to be due to Bronchitis; one was a
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