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. MUNICIPAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE PORT MELBOURNE MORGUE.
cr. awards proposed, at the meeting of the Port
Melbourne council I&at evening, that a deputation .
watt on the Minister of Public Works to urge the
removal of the Port Melbourne morgue, lie said-
uiac oniy one body bad been placed in the morgue
(luring the past 12 months, and It had remained
there for nine days without disinfectants
being used. He understood that, one reason
the morgue was peracrved, was that' jmt mortmn
might be made by local medical men, but the lnat
jmt mortem was made by a medical man from the
city. Why, he n»ked, could not tho bodiei.be taken
to the City Morgue? Cr. Qulnn said it was a dis
grace to civilisation thac the place. should be per
mitted to exist, and Cr. Bain pointed out tbatas.
they were about tu have Beach-street properly
formed, it was necessary that the morgue atonic!
be removed. Tho motion was : seconded by Cr.
Armstrong, and carried. -
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