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making post mortem examinations. There has been
amongst other improvements, a more plentiful supply
of water. Special coffins for the reception of infectious
diseases, with glass let into the lids, so that the
Coroners' Juries may view the body without any danger
to themselves; disinfectants are largely used, and the
ventilation attended to. I have not received any
complaints from the inhabitants of the house immediately
in rear, still I trust the Vestry will, at some
future day, see the desirability of erecting a mortuary
and dead-house, more or less in connexion with a disinfecting
chamber, and the whole placed under the
charge of a resident attendant upon the spot.
The number of bodies brought to the Mortuary
during the year, shows an annual increase, and the
objections of persons to remove the corpse from a single
room, inhabited by a family, are less heard of than
formerly.
Inquests were held upon 64 out of the 93 bodies
that were brought from various parts of the Parish.
Urinals and W.C. Accommodation.
The number of public urinals ought to be increased
throughout the Parish, and not only public but the
private one s of taverns and public houses should have
constant water supply served on a simple mode of
construction. I have for many years advocated public
water closets, with an attendant at all the cab-stands.
They should be constructed for male and female
accommodation, and might easily be made self-supporting.