"The Public Health Department's report for the month of April will have been read with interest by readers who have been concerned ever the question of the treatment of pigs brought into Shanghai, and those who are no complaining of the coffin storage in Edinburgh pathies would g9 Road and the proposed new establishment in but Pierre|Tunsin Road. With regard to the pigs there been a considerable improvement and no longer witnesses the distressing ch could at one time be seen on the But the residents in the western tories will re er the bland a: s en with r ihe pig question, and will naturally the Department's statement on the subject of coffin forage with somewhat raised eyebrows. The particular portion of the reference to this subject rends An aspect of this problem which has been is the storing of he matically se This problem is caused iculties, and whilst unques-unsatisfactory conditions arise, the opinion of the Health to public health since such en practiced within the Settlement t times, without causing disease, a difficult how disease can be caused by prope napoo store Agreement il be generally sed with expi the contents he above pass age, but it is felt that it does not go far enough.
Considerable anxiety would be relieved if the Department ad assured the ratepayers that the coffins, which are being stored, are hermetically sealed, that its officers are continually making sure that this is so, and that these places are being watched to make certain that they are being carefully managed. It is distressing enough for residents to have such institutions close to their houses even without danger to health. This may throw additional work upon the Department, but, as its raison d'être is the protec-lion of public health, it is imperative that this should be done. The officials concerned may rest perfectly well assured that, if the fears of correspondents who have written to this journal prove in the hot weather to be justified, there Wil be more than a little criticism coming to then
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