“In some of the cemeteries mortuaries have been built, which are placed at the disposal of the public by the authorities, with the understanding that the corpses shall be taken from them as soon as possible.
“The bodies of the poor are first placed in the depository of the old cemeteries, within the city enclosure, whence they are removed by night in carriages kept for the purpose to the mortuary in the large cemetery outside the city, to be buried the next day. The Jews have built a mortuary chapel in their new cemetery at Weissensee, which fulfils all the conditions required by modern hygiene, and contains everything necessary for washing, isolating, and enveloping the bodies.
“A new establishment, which answers its purpose perfectly, has been built in the old cemetery—Charité—and is used for inquests, post-mortem examinations, etc., also for the exhibition of bodies of unknown persons. The bodies are preserved from putrefaction by an apparatus in which refrigeration is produced by ammonia and chloride of calcium, as the Morgue in Paris.”
VIENNA.
“There is a mortuary in each district of the city to which are brought corpses belonging to families who have imperfect accommodations.
“The district doctor must decide whether removal is necessary, as it is his duty to register deaths and their causes. He should at the same time examine into the state of the dwelling from a sanitary standpoint.
“In cases of sudden death, and when the cause of death is not apparent, a post-mortem examination must be made.
“The bodies of persons who have died from infectious disease must not be taken to the common mortuaries, but to one built in the common cemetery.
“Bodies must not be buried in the city. The principal cemetery is at Kaiser-Ebersdorf, north-west of the city, and cost four millions of marks.”