§ MR. LOUGHI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if his attention has been called to the case of a fatal accident at Gifford Street, Islington, on Tuesday the 15th instant, after which a man's dead body was allowed to remain in a back yard for a space of 18 hours; and, considering that the house in question was occupied by 22 persons, and that the attention of the 1402 police was immediately called to the case, whether it was their duty to remove the body at once to the mortuary; and whether he will give instructions to the police, so that on any future occasion this shall be done?
§ MR. ASQUITHI have made inquiry of the Commissioner of Police, and am informed that the duty of removing the body lay with the coroner's officer, who was twice warned by the police, who also left particulars in writing at the officer's house. I have, therefore, directed communication to be made to the coroner asking for further particulars and an explanation as to his officer's conduct on the occasion referred to.