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Disinfecting Department.
Summary of work carried out by the Disinfecting Department
during 1931.
Total premises disinfected 1,912
Rooms disinfected 2,611
Staircases disinfected 163
Schools disinfected 17
Number of articles laundered 33,975
„ „ destroyed 2,746
„ verminous, etc., persons (including
3,821 school children) 4,171
„ infectious disease contacts 708
„ library books collected 395
Articles. No. Weight.
Tons. cwts. qrs. lbs.
Bedding, &c., disinfected 62,917 93 2 1 3
(including 13,751 articles
from shelters and
Cleansing Station)
Bedding, &c., lent 1,415 4 4 3 26
Verminous clothing, &c. 7,598 1 16 2 18
Articles from Welfare
Centres 3,093 (not weighed)
Total 75,023 99 3 3 19
Coroner's Court and Mortuary.
In view of the increased number of inquests consequent upon
the extended powers given by the Coroners (Amendment) Act,
1926, the County Council approached the Council with a proposal
that inquests in the Western Coroners' District (comprising the
Boroughs of Battersea, Chelsea, Fulham, Hammersmith and
Wandsworth) should be held in future either at the Battersea or
the Hammersmith Court.
The Council agreed to the extended use of the Court in the
manner proposed, subject to the County Council re-imbursing the
additional expense occasioned.