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Bethnal Green 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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A correspondence has taken place between the County Council
and the Vestry, as follows:—
Spring Gardens, S.W.
10th August, 1892.
Sir,
The Council has had under consideration the question of the
provision of Mortuary accommodation and Coroner's Courts in the
County. By section 88 of the Public Health (London) Act, every
Sanitary Autherity is required to provide proper Mortuary accommodation
for its district, and, if called upon by the Council to do
so, to provide (section 90) a proper building, "otherwise than at
a workhouse," for post mortem examinations. By section 92
the Council is required to provide proper accommodation for the
holding of Inquests, and may do this by agreement with the
Sanitary Autherity in connection with any building belonging to
the Sanitary Autherity.
From information which has been before the Council as to the
amount of such accommodation in the County, it would appear
that the Mortuary in the Parish of Betlinal Green is not sufficiently
large for the purposes of the Parish. The Council would
therefore be glad to learn if the Vestry of Betlinal Green has
given consideration to this subject, and if so, if it has come to
any conclusion as to the steps the Vestry should take to meet the
requirements of the Act in this direction, and generally the views
of the Vestry upon the subject.
It appears, moreover, that the accommodation for the holding
of Inquests is unsatisfactory, and the Council would therefore be
glad if the Aestry, when considering matter of Mortuary provision,
would also consider if adequate accommodation for the holding of
Inquests could bo afforded in connection with a suitable Mortuary
in the Parish, or with any other building belonging to the
Sanitary Autherity, and I am to intimate that in the event of the
Vestry being able to afford such accommodation, the Council
would be advised to enter into an agreement with the Vestry as
provided by the 92nd section of the Act.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
H. DELA HOOKE,
The Clerk, Clerk of the Council.
The Vestry of Bethnal Green.
CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO BY THE VESTRY.—
| Date. | with | for |
|---|---|---|
| 1893. March | Mr. W. Griffiths | Repaying Carriageway, and repairing Footways, of part of Bethnal Green Road, at a Schedule of Prices; work to be done in 10 weeks. |
| Ditto | Repairing Carriageways of Columbia Road, from Barnet Grove Eastward to Hackney Road ; Austin Street; Old Ford Road, from Victoria Park Square to near Peel Grove; Virginia Road, West of Austin Street; Gosset Street, from Orange Street to near Old Bethnal Green Road ; Canrobert Street, from Bethnal Green Road to Old Bethnal Green Road ; and for the necessary alterations and repairs to the footways in any of the said roads and streets, at a Schedule of Prices. | |
| ,, | Mr. Isaacs | For purchase of Old Iron, at 28s. per ton. |