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OIL HEATER REGULATIONS, 1962
No domestic oil burning space heaters were found during the year which did not comply
with the Regulations.
DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACT, 1950
No Order was made by the Minister during the year affecting animals in the Borough.
HEATING APPLIANCES (FIREGUARDS) ACT 1952 AND
HEATING APPLIANCES (FIREGUARD) REGULATIONS, 1963
This Act and the Regulations made under it require fireguards to be fitted to domestic
gas fires, electric fires and oil heaters so as to prevent the likelihood of injury by burning. Only
informal action was found necessary in 1966 to secure compliance with the above Act and Regulations.
LAND CHARGES ACT, 1925
During 1966 the Health Department provided 4,233 reports to the Town Clerk regarding
properties in the Borough when negotiations for purchase were proceeding.
LAUNDRY SERVICE FOR INCONTINENT PERSONS
This service greatly assists the nursing of incontinent elderly persons in their own homes,
often avoiding the necessity of their admission to hospital. The work is carried out at the Public
Health Annexe in Camley Street and the Public Health Station in Lithos Road.

MORTUARY AND CORONER'S COURT
The Hampstead Mortuary was closed early in 1966. The former St. Pancras Mortuary a much
more modern building, now receives bodies from the whole of Camden, the London Borough of
Islington, and, at the discretion of the Coroner, from other adjoining Boroughs.
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