From these clauses it would appear that a mortuary or mortuaries are an absolute essential in every town, although it does not appear necessary to have a separate mortuary for any “body of one who has died of any infectious disease,” but it may be taken to the mortuary which has been provided for the reception of dead bodies generally. It may also be assumed that bodies may be viewed by a coroner’s jury in the mortuary, although a post-mortem examination cannot be made in it, as by the following section: “Any local authority may provide and maintain a proper place (otherwise than at a workhouse or at a mortuary) for the reception of dead bodies during the time required to conduct any post-mortem examination ordered by a coroner or other constituted authority, and may make regulations with respect to the management of such place; and where any such place has been provided, a coroner or other constituted authority may order the removal of the body to and from such place for carrying out such post-mortem examination, such costs of removal to be paid in the same manner and out of the same fund as the costs and fees for post-mortem examinations when ordered by the coroner (38 & 39 Vic. c. 55, s. 143).” It will be observed that the above clause apparently forbids a post-mortem room being provided at the mortuary, although this would appear to be the most appropriate situation for it, and indeed such a room is frequently provided at or near the mortuary. The reason for this prohibition, especially as it is associated with a workhouse, is evidently to overcome the prejudice which would exist in the minds of the ignorant that the fact of taking a body to a mortuary necessitated dissection: a practice which is looked upon with much disfavour by such persons. Mortuaries in this country generally consist of one of the following descriptions: (1.) Elaborate groups of buildings, comprising mortuary chapel, coroner’s room, post-mortem room, dead house, waiting rooms, &c., and the necessary care-taker’s rooms, and offices. (2.) Mortuaries in connection with infectious hospitals. (3.) Mortuaries in connection with general hospitals. (4.) Mortuaries at cemeteries or licensed burial grounds. (5.) Dead-houses provided by the sanitary authority. In arranging for the erection of a dead-house or mortuary in any town, the surveyor may find the following particulars and suggestions of some use to him: