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with a very elaborate air-tight container with
lifting tackle.
The lower end of the room is shut off by
a glass screen with separate entrance and exit
to enable a Jury to "view the body" with a
minimum of inconvenience.
The other building is of the same dimensions
20ft. by 12ft., but is lighted by a large lantern
light and one window 5ft. by 3ft. made to open.
Two patent air inlet tubes and a special flue
carried up to the height of the chimney are the
means of ventilation; the floor is laid with mosaic
paving as in the mortuary, sloping from either end
towards the centre to a cross gully running to
outside.
The inside is furnished with a post-mortem
table, a special sink and drainer, and a lavatory
with foot-action pipes for hot and cold water
made and supplied by Doulton & Co. An
open range is provided for supplying hot water
if required, and also in addition a Ewart & Co.'s
Geyser, which is always available for the immediate
supply of hot water as requisite.
Both buildings are lighted by gas.
There is at present no building for the use
of the medical men in which to change or leave
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