The surveyor’s duties in connection with these — Some legal points to be remembered — Selection of site on sanitary grounds — Mr. Eassie on soils — Dr. Parsons on requirements of cemeteries — Unsuitability of clay soil — Amount of land necessary — Points to be considered in laying out a cemetery — Division of cemetery — Description of sections — Cemetery rules and regulations — Suitable trees for cemeteries — Regulations by Secretary of State, 1863 — Cremation — Its great advantages over burial — Area of some existing cemeteries — Necessity for reliable information as to causes of death
CHAPTER XXXI.
MORTUARIES.
Evils arising from keeping corpses — Some clauses of the Public Health Act on the subject — List of different descriptions of mortuaries — A German Leichenhaus — Requirements of a mortuary — The chapel — The dead-house — The post-mortem room — The coroner’s court — Other accommodation necessary — Plan of a model mortuary — Disinfection — Apparatus necessary — Dr. Ransom’s machine — Fetching infected clothing
CHAPTER XXXII.
BORROWING UNDER THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD.
Clauses of the Public Health Act — Stimulus to public works — List of time for which money can be borrowed — Mr. Rawlinson on procedure and plans, &c., necessary — Responsibility of Local Government Board — Captain Galton on Government responsibility
CHAPTER XXXIII.
CONTRACTS.
Clauses of Public Health Act — Public contracts different from private ones — Specifications necessary — Conclusion — A list of useful books