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VESTRY PROPERTY.
Vestry Hall.—The Hall having been thoroughly
renovated in 1883 required no substantial repairs last year.
The policy of Fire Insurance having expired, a fresh insurance
for an increased amount (£3,500) was effected in the
Westminster Fire Office for a term of seven years on payment
of the sum of £5 l1s 6d. The insurance of the
plate-glass with the National Provincial Plate-Glass Insurance
Company has been continued. Two additional hat and
umbrella stands have been obtained, at a cost of £17 5s.
Stoneyard.—The wall of the stoneyard abutting on the
premises of the Westminster Union has been re-built.
Disinfector.—The Disinfecting Apparatus which has
been in use for many years, having become nearly worn out,
the Vestry have decided to purchase a new Disinfector of
modern construction, at a cost, including erection, &c., of
about £220.
Mortuary.— This building has been maintained in good
condition and is increasingly used, compared with some
former years.
The bodies of 43 persons have been received in the
Mortuary during the year, and the Disinfecting Chamber
has been used on 93 occasions.
The Vestry particularly desire that medical men, the
clergy, district visitors, and others, who may be brought
into contact with the poor, as well as hotel-keepers, &c.,
should be aware of the provision thus made for the decent
reception of bodies removed from overcrowded dwellings, or
places where it is impossible or not convenient to retain the
remains of the dead until burial. As the main object of