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On 19th November, 1895, the Vestry resolved that the new Mortuary Buildings be
placed in charge of the Sanitary Department, and that the Medical Officer of Health report
to the Vestry matters relating thereto.
On 3rd March, 1896, the Sanitary Committee reported with reference to the duties
performed by the Mortuary Keeper and Disinfector and the continued engagement of extra
assistance to cleanse and disinfect, that extra assistance had been engaged in the Sanitary
Department for cleansing and disinfecting since 29th September, 1894, at an average weekly
wage of £1 3s.
Resolved, upon the recommendation of the Committee—That it be an instruction to
the Sanitary Inspector only to engage temporary assistance in cases of emergency.
The Committee also reported with reference to the temporary Mortuary Regulations
and duties of Mortuary Keeper and Disinfector, prepared by the Clerk, which had, by order
of the Vestry, been put in force for a period of 3 months, having had submitted to them by
the Medical Officer of Health a report as to the working thereof, from which it appeared that
the duties of Mortuary Keeper and Disinfector could properly be performed by one person,
Resolved, upon the recommendation of the Committee—
(1) That the present arrangement of combining the two offices of Mortuary Keeper and
Disinfector be still adhered to.
(2) That the Mortuary Regulations as prepared by the Clerk, and printed, be approved
and adopted subject to the omission of the words " Mr. Pound, at 82, Union Road."
(3) That the duties of Mortuary Keeper and Disinfector as printed, etc., be approved
and adopted subject to the substitution of the words "Sanitary Inspector Davies for the
words "Medical Officer of Health" in paragraph l, and the omission of the words "Medical
Officer of Health" in paragraphs 3 and 9.
(See also By-laws and Regulations.)