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FULHAM MORTUARY
The Mortuary was kept in use during the year to accommodate convenience cases,
i. e. those put in by undertakers before interment.
100 Convenience cases were admitted during the year.
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT, 1948
Section 50-Burial or Cremation of the Dead
10 Funerals (9 Adults and 1 child) were arranged under the provisions of this
Section of the Act The cost of the funerals varies slightly, the average cost of an
adult being approximately £15 8s. 0d.
PUBLIC CONVENIENCES
There are seven Public Conveniences, each with a Mens and Womens Section, under
the control of the Public Health Department, which have been constructed at various
times between 1900 and 1939.
All the conveniences have both a free and paid wash for the convenience of the
public, the only exception being at wyfold Road, where there is a free wash only.
These facilities are well used and appreciated.
New Convenience-Corner of Ismailia and Townmead Roads, Wandsworth Bridge
At the end of the year permission was received from the Ministry of Housing and
Local Government to invite tenders for building this convenience. It is anticipated,
therefore, that if no complications arise the convenience will be ready for use
in 1959.
Replacement of Gibb's Green Convenience
It is proposed to replace the old underground convenience at Gibb's Green with
a modern convenience as soon as possible, and a suitable site near the existing
convenience has been found Negotiations with the Ministry of Housing and Local
Government commenced at the end of the year and it is hoped that the building of this
new convenience will commence in 1959.
MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS
During the year 129 medical examinations were carried out. These included the
examination of new entrants to the Council's service, to determine their suitability
for acceptance under the Superannuation Scheme, and of others referred because of sick
leave or accident. The latter usually required specialist investigation and resulted
in quite a considerable amount of correspondence with private doctors and hospitals.