THE CITY MORGUE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12428, 18 February 1901, Page 3

THE CITY MORGUE.

For some years .past the ■ morgue at .ihs^ .l ■% Police Station which at oik time did! dirty; ~oj'•; for the city, has been dosed, and -periodi- ■;;"!; cally the City Council has .discussed the'-:;;'; question of providing a siibstitW. Be-- , veral sites have been suggested-as suitable,;::,!;; but no sooner did 'the Coui.cil decide'■ ujoah;:.; any one locality than petitions were got! ;:■; up by residents in' the ■vicinity;,;: "-who! ■£% strongly objected to tins presence;; ofJ" : .;, ; : the morgue in their, neighbourhood.i,-:i; At last "'the : Hospital Board" was, -ap-i "■'% proached .with a view to -using■■the inai'gua! ■), oh the hospital premises, but the Board-;;"' declined to grant. consent, and the prac-; >; : ; tice of taking bodies to the nearest hotels!;-;; in ihi city has been 'continued, much to:•;;; the annoyance of the licensees and inm^tesJ; : ;k:| The City Council has'at'last'sett-led tIViS question by -deciding, to place the morgue'^';: 1 - in the Corporation yard' in - Manchester \i Street, and already the foundations ;for buildings 'have been put in. is being buil'b. on the latest procurable! ;; ;i :| plans, and will he fitted-rrp with date appliances; A plentiful : ff supply-':'ibfj- ■■3 water can be procured from the large'tenk»|;f| in the yard, and the drainage, will be nected with the main sewer. The .bnitdnig' :,jji"; will be of brick, and will be ■ (hidden "firoa* < ;:;| the street-bv a ten-feet brick'.wall. : ;;, ;' ; ■■[^