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Mortuary.
Seventy-eight bodies were received at the
mortuary in Millbank street, of which one was
a child under one year of age, and 18 were of persons 60
years of age and upwards. Seven were found drowned—
five in the Thames, one in the ornamental water in St.
James's Park, and one in the Serpentine. Nine were sent
in by order of the sanitary inspectors as having died of
infectious disease, or as being improperly detained in living
rooms to the danger of occupants.
THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE.
The Parliamentary Committee met four times in the
year under the chairmanship of Mr. J. Brend Batten, Mr.
Thomas Horn being vice-chairman, and considered and
reported upon Bills and Parliamentary schemes affecting
the parish directly or indirectly, including the several
Water Bills, and the London County Council (Tramways)
Bill,
THE JOINT WORKS AND SANITARY COMMITTEE.
The determined action which the Yestry took in the
year 1890, when they resolved (notwithstanding the pessimistic
prognostications of failure) to carry out the work of
cleansing, watering, and dusting the parish with their own
staff, horses, and plant, has been more than justified by the
experience of the past year. The purchase of the necessary
plant and stock and stud of horses has been completed at a
cost of £4,220 (including provision for snow-falls), and the
new system has been placed upon a permanent and satisfactory
footing. In acknowledgment of the praiseworthy
efforts made to overcome the difficulties experienced at the
commencement of the work, and to organise the system on
a sound basis, the Committee awarded the surveyor a
gratuity of 50 guineas, and to the staff in his department
twenty-five guineas. The Committee found it necessary, in