The coroner's court, its uses and abuses : with suggestions for reform / by J. J. Dempsy.
- Dempsy, J. J.
- Date:
- 1859
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The coroner's court, its uses and abuses : with suggestions for reform / by J. J. Dempsy. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.
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![The Act then goes on to appoint other sanatory officers, in the shape of Inspectors of Nuisances, and tlie greatest consideration is observed for pro- tecting the public health, but still there is wanted that impartial check upon this department which can alone be obtained by the whole staff being placed, to a certain extent, under the supervision of the Coroner’s Court. The law is very imperative, but from the want of a proper supervision in how many instances does it remain a dead letter ] It does not require comment on any particular locality of the Metropolis to show that sanatory regulations require to be more strictly enforced. Go to the four quarters of the Metropolis and walk through its filthy lanes, its confined courts, and baneful districts fearfully impregnated with an atmosphere of disease and death. There is evi- dence of neglect in every direction, which only a sweeping supervision such as' that recommended can remove. This great and increasing city re- quires such an executive Government as will at once place it in a wholesome and proper sanatory condition. How apt is one when considering this subject and reviewing objections that may be raised, to warmly exclaim, “ Salus Populi suprema lex'^ 5. The same law for strictly supervising the duties of Sanatory Officers could be enforced as well on parochial authorities and officials concerned in the distribution of parish relief, and indeed all t](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28268350_0042.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
