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Mr La Chu Pak:-
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When a death is reported during office hours, does the Plague Inspector go to view the body at once? Yes, he is supposed to do so, but the undertaker generally brings them up, and I generally get the address and tell him to take it down to the corner of
the street, and wait for me there.
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allowed 20 or 24 hours to elapse before he goes to
viaw the body?
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Yes, there was a case.
Q.
When was that?
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Last Friday week.
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Did the Doctor know of it ?
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Not that I am aware of.
Mr Shelton Hooperi-
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The Chairman:-
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But is not the doctor never there, when a body is at
the mortuary ?
This is not at the mortuary. This is a case of death,
reported to Inspector McKenzie. I could not say who the
but the undertaker who came with h. was from
the Tak Shau undertakers shop in Yaumati.
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Friday or saturday week ?
A.
Last Friday week, I am sure.
And when was the body examined?
A.
At 12.30 the following day.
Q.
And in the interval nothing had been done?
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Reference:
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No, it was left lying in the bad. The fact of it was, that the people came at 2.15 p.m. on the Friday, they reported to Inspector McKenzie about the death, and I suppose he had forgotten all about it, and they were there all the afternoon waiting for him to go and see the body, and they were there the following day, and Is aw them there on the following day and I asked them what they were doing there. They said they were waiting to get this body viewed, and they asked if
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