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directly or indirectly from the contemplated works. These
conditions were assented to by the Vestry.
In October last the Vestry approved a plan prepared by
their surveyor for asphalting the stoneyard and rearranging
the stables. This work involved the removal of
the stables to the west side of the yard, and paving the
same with blue Staffordshire bricks; the formation of
three pits on the east side of the yard, sunk two feet deep, for
the storage of ballast, shell, and salt; paving the same
with old York ; and the asphalting of the whole of the
remainder of the yard on a surface of concrete 12 in. thick,
at a total cost of £630. These works were approaching
completion at Lady Day, 1894.
Mortuary.—The bodies of 27 persons have been received
into the mortuary during the year, as compared with 41
during the previous twelve months.
The new mortuary and post-mortem room referred to in
the last annual report, have been completed and taken
into use during the year. A resolution was passed by the
Vestry in December last, thanking the Vestry of St. Martinin-the-Fields
for their courteous assistance in allowing the
use of their mortuary during the rebuilding of that belonging
to St. James's. The mortuary-keeper, who also has
charge of the disinfector and stoneyard at night, resides
at No. 6 Dufours Place, adjoining the stoneyard.
The byelaws made by the Vestry with respect to the
mortuary are printed on page 68.
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.