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Mortuary.—The bodies of 34 persons have been received
into the Mortuary during the year, as compared with 30
during the previous twelve months.
Medical men, the clergy, district visitors, and others who
are specially brought into contact with the poor, are invited
to assist the Vestry in preventing the spread of disease which
may arise from the retention of a corpse in a room occupied
perhaps by a number of people in a thickly-populated neighbourhood,
by making known, as occasion requires, the provision
made for the reception of bodies in a decent manner, and
with all possible deference to the natural feelings of the
bereaved relatives.
As the main object of providing a Mortuary and Disinfectant
Apparatus is to protect the parishioners at large against
the spread of infectious disease, either may be used without
charge. Information as to the mode of proceeding in such a
case may be freely obtained at the Vestry Hall.
OTHER PARISH PROPERTY.
Eleven freehold houses on the east side of Marshall Street
Avere purchased in the year 1819, for Parochial purposes.
Two of the houses are now absorbed into the Workhouse
premises, and the site of three others has been utilized for
the erection of the Public Baths and Wash-houses." The
remaining six houses are let; four of them on repairing
agreements, and two on short tenancies in anticipation of
their being required almost immediately for purposes of
repair, or for an extension of the Public Baths. The
rent received for these six houses, together with the sum
receivable from the Westminster Union in respect of that
portion of the Workhouse premises belonging to the Parish
of St. James, is applied in aid of the Poor Rate.