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(17)
One old person agreed voluntarily to be admitted to a residential
home and the necessary arrangements were made.
Section 50
It is the Council's responsibility under this Section of the Act
to arrange for burial or cremation of a person dying in the Borough
when there are no relatives, or other persons, prepared to make the
funeral arrangements. Where possible in such cases the Council's
expenses, inclusive of an administrative charge, are recoverable
from the deceased's estate.
During the year 2 burials were arranged at the request of the
Coroner's Office. No relatives could be traced in one case and in
the other the deceased's wife was destitute, her four children having
been taken into the care of the L.C.C.
PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT 1936, SECTION 122
The Council are authorised to remove and cleanse personal
effects where the Medical Officer considers that the condition of
such articles is likely to cause the spread of infectious disease.
During the year the Medical Officer visited the homes of
certain old people who were seriously ill or senile. Quantities of
soiled bedding and personal clothing were found in each case and
it was necessary for these articles to be regularly collected for
cleansing in the Disinfecting Station and returned to the owners.

There were no prosecutions for unlicensed trading during 1964.