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Crown is not bound by any net of Parliament (unless it be named therein
by special and particular words), the summons must bo dismissed. Notwithstanding
this, the Government intended doing the necessary repairs,
and putting the barracks into thoroughly good order. This statement
was of course quite satisfactory, as our only object was to get the work
done.
The necessary repairs and improvements have been since carried out in
a most thorough manner. Large wrought-iron traps, set in proper brick
work, have been placed in the barrack yard and outside each block of
buildings, over which open the leaden pipes leading from the sinks in the
sergeants' quarters; in addition to these, a leaden siphon trap has been
inserted into each waste pipe below the sink, so as to absolutely prevent
the contamination of the air of the sleeping apartments with sewer gas.
The building itself has been thoroughly repaired, cleansed, and limewashed.
VICTORIA PARK CEMETERY.
Complaint was made that this cemetery was in very bad condition, that
people were buried with only a few inches of soil above the coffins, and
with no regard to decency; it was also stated that an abominable stench
was also given off. On the 27th of September the ground was visited
and inspected by the Sanitary Committee, and though there were evidences
as to considerable neglect in the manner in which the cemetery was
kept, yet the legal requirements had been carried out; a great many
graves were tried with the searcher, but in every instance the coffins
were four feet below the level of the ground.
The offensive smell complained of seemed to proceed from the premises
of the Great Eastern Railway Company, which adjoins the cemetery,
where a large yard is used for storing and loading waggons with manure.
We were informed by the person having charge, that the cemetery was
nearly full, and would shortly bo closed to common burials. This was
accordingly done on the 31st of December, 1876, interments in private
graves only being now permitted.
By direction of the Sanitary Committee, a letter was written to the
Burial Hoard complaining of the untidy condition in which the cemetery
was kept.