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Coroner's Court and Mortuary.
In June the London County Council were given permission
to make use of the mortuary as and when required during the
summer months for the reception of bodies from St. James's Hospital
in view of the absence of cooling facilities at that hospital.
Details as to the number of inquests held at the Coroner's
Court, and bodies received into the Mortuary during 1937 are set
out in the table on the preceding page.
Fouling of Footways by Dogs.
Three offences against the Council's by-law with regard to
the fouling of footways by dogs were reported during the year,
and by order of the Committee proceedings were instituted against
the offenders. The result is shown in the table on page 82.
The application of this by-law to the Borough appears undoubtedly
to have effected a diminution of this objectionable form of
nuisance on the public footways.
Propaganda.
The Council in common with other local authorities throughout
the Kingdom, were invited by the Ministry of Health to take part
in a national campaign to advertise the health services provided
and maintained by public bodies for the maintenance of the nation's
health. The campaign was inaugurated by a broadcast speech
of the Prime Minister delivered on 30th September. The Council
agreed to co-operate, and the posters, leaflets, book-marks, &c.,
issued free to them by the Government through the agency of the
Central Council for Health Education were distributed and displayed
in public notice boards and on hoardings to the best advantage.
The campaign was designed to last for 6 months, October,
1937, to March, 1938, and during October was devoted to advertising
the health services in general, and in November and December,
the Maternity and Child Welfare services in particular. In 1938
the subjects are to be the School Medical services and Tuberculosis.
Notices were also placed in the post offices giving general information
as to the various health services provided by the Council.
A proposal by the proprietors of " Better Health " that a
local edition of that journal should again be issued through the
agency of the Council, was before the Health Committee in December
but was not adopted.