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Bethnal Green 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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2nd November, 1892.
Sir,
He MORTUARY.
Your letter of 10th August has been referred to the Works and
Sanitary Committees, who have caused a return to be made, showing
the numbers of bodies (adults and children), taken to the
Mortuary during the year ended 29th September last. I enclose
a copy of the Return.
I also forward, for the information of the Council, a copy of the
Report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Yestry, for the
year 1879 and 1880, which contains (see addendum) a description
of the building and its capabilities. You will observe that the
Medical Officer of Health states that it is capable of accommodating
40 bodies.
'From the Return sent herewith it appears that the largest
number of bodies (including children), on any day during the
year, was 11. It therefore appears to the Committee the present
Mortuary is sufficient, and that there must have been some misconception
when it was represented to the Council as inadequate.
I am, Sir,
Yours obediently,
II. Dela Hooke, Esq.
ROBERT YOSS.
FOURNIER CHARITY.
The thirteen candidates who wero elected received the gift of £10 on the 22nd June, 1892 :—
| Dinah Bew, 32, Turin Street. | |||
| Charles Brickel, 10, Canrobert Street. | |||
| John Butcher, 45, Church Row. | |||
| Amelia Davis, 23, Satchwell Street. | |||
| John Gale, 44, Menotti Street. | |||
| George Goodchild, 68, Teesdale Street. | |||
| Helen Howard, 83, Hare Street. | |||
| John Thomas Lacey, 2, "White Court, Code Street. | |||
| Daniel May, 2, Usk Street. | |||
| Henry Parsons, 16, Hersee Place, Bonner Road. | |||
| Joseph Rawlins, 66, White Street. | |||
| Elizabeth Stagg, 15, Granby Street. | |||
| William Wimpory, 211, Bethnal Green'Road. | |||
| £ | s. | d. | |
| Tho Balance available for distribution in June, 1892, as per last Report, was | 132 | 18 | 10 |
| Paid the thirteen recipients £10 each | 130 | 0 | 0 |
| Carried forward | 2 | 18 | 10 |
| The Dividends for one year, to April, 1893, transmitted by the Charity Commission, will be | 119 | 11 | 8 |
| Amount available for distribution in June, 1893 | £122 | 10 | 6 |