THE AUCKLAND MORGUE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 139, 13 June 1911, Page 4

THE AUCKLAND MORGUE.

QUESTION OF. A SITE, ' ' NEED FOR CmtATHOLOGIB.. At to-night's meeting 0 f the ftjMi and Charitable -Aid B.ard th. IS of granting a site on the nosnitnl £I®S for the erection of a city __KW hnally decided. The ?> is that the City Council* desirfe once building an up-to-date morrnvk ■?' the Hospital Board has Hpfflfg provide a site at a W % In the event of the _^R» S & do so, the Council will fffiP § h once erect a new morgue on an alL** tive site in Freeman's Bay lteni »- interviewed by a "Star" .ep'reWi,*this morning Mr.. P. _J. MaS \ ?' man of the Hospital and Charithw T Board, said that in his opu£ * I 4 within the hospital grounds Would T doubtedly be the best fdr a**S__S b Now that the Grafton Bridge the higher levels of the city f nte 2&& reserve is near the centre of » Auckland; a Coroner's Court, \3? the hospital grounds would §S 1D lie contiguous and easy of access toiv' nell, !Newmarket, Epsofc, and °,v suburban areas which would __ ve iv"" tribute towards the erection of s UI T" •building. The carnage of decS** sons through the busy streets of A,t land is -more apparent now than if a morgue were in some sequestered nC in the hospital reserve, as only twfw cent, of the 'bodies oh vH_sJ§g aye held come from the har.b_Vft! others having to be carried down toll up from the present antiquated iuiHift, which goes by the name of moVnie S A ?°tu n P ° int made by that there is no responsible pof son . supervision at the present nwrZ Proper appliances for medico-legal wo* •can only be maintained by thoseVcS trained for tho purpose* and there v always an advantage in any C 6ram unitv Ito have well-kept records, so Wfl&ffi of death may he thoroughly &„.,; gated. \ ■'■ .. i ; "A strong argument In favour of \L Coroner's Court being put in pital grounds," added Mr. llacfeLfi '«_■ the fact that it would supply valuable pathological -material ih connection Vith a -medical school, which those: win ire best able tojudge say will evcnWte in the near future. And as Attklwd is growing a very large _eittFe.it will have to follow the example 1 o. offe large cities in appointing a aty y&feio. gist, who will work ift «6_h__tibn Wtlj the police fin jthe protection «J§|{ public." ';..;V:--'-;