Coroner's report. II.

  • Hussey, E. L. (Edward Law)
Date:
[1890]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Coroner's report. II. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL THE MAYOR OF OXFORD. » My dear Sir, — Since the Report which I made the year before last, the Boundaries of the City have been ex- tended. The Castle is allowed by the Prison- Commissioners, and by the Secretary of State, to be a part of the City, and — with all other parts of the County Borough of Oxford, — to be in the jurisdiction of the Coroner of the City. The Inquests in Her Majesty’s Prison will, in future, be held by me, as the Coroner of the City ; and, — as required by law, — on every Prisoner dying, whether from natural causes, or otherwise. In 1888, — 65 Inquests were held ; and 64 were held in 1889. Twenty-six other cases were re- ferred to me, in which I did not think an Inquest necessary, — 9 in 1888, and 17 in 1889. The Building in Gloucester Green is found to be a convenient place for care of the bodies of persons lying dead within the City. Nine bodies were taken there in 1889: two bodies were once there at the same time. The body of a young man who had been drowned, was taken home