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premises in Brooksby's-walk, Hackney. Having seen the meat
delivered and the van driven away, Mr. Burrows then called the
attention of the Medical Officer of Health and the Sanitary Inspector
for the district to the circumstances; the party then visited the
premises and discovered the carcase of a diseased cow. This was
seized, and the owner afterwards prosecuted at Worship-street Police
Court, and fined ten pounds and costs. Mr. Burrows was complimented
by the magistrate upon the praiseworthy manner in which he
had acted in the affair.
MORTUARY.
The question o the provision of a mortuary, though now decided,
remained during the whole year in the hands of the lawyers, and the
room in the old Watch House has been our only mortuary accommodation.
I am informed by Mr. J. W. Burrows that 76 bodies have
been removed and temporarily placed in this building, which is, of
course, utterly inadequate for the purpose.
SANITARY COMMITTEE.
The Sanitary Committee has held 42 meetings at the Vestry Hall,
and has also visited all the cowsheds and fish curing establishments
in the parish. Messrs. Cook's and Mr. Sodeman's premises, where
noxious trades are carried on, have also been inspected by them.
Members of the committee, accompanied by the Sanitary Inspectors'
also visited portions of the surrounding parishes to ascertain the
manner in which the streets and market places were swept and
cleansed on Sunday mornings. At their next meeting the Committee
passed the following resolution:
That the Sanitary Committee are of opinion and recommend that the cleansing
of the market places of the parish on Sunday mornings be carried out throughout
the year, and that they be authorized to arrange for the carrying out of the same,
and that the above report be presented to the Vestry at their next meeting.
This was accordingly done and unanimously adopted, the cleansing
being afterwards carried out under the supervision of Mr. W. W.
Burrows. The result has been most encouraging, as may be seen in
the marked" improvement in the appearance of the streets on
Sundays.