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Drinking Fountains (continued)
Blackheath Hill, West Greenwich.
Blackwall Lane, East Greenwich. (Damaged by enemy
action)
Charlton Church Lane.
Westcombe Hill, Blackheath.
Horse Troughs
Charlton Church Lane.
Creek Road, Deptford.
Invicta Road, Blackheath.
Tunnel Avenue, East Greenwich.
In addition to the above-mentioned Drinking Fountains and
Horse Troughs one Council urinal and four others attached to Public
Houses are cleansed daily by two attendants, responsibility for the
repairs of the Public House urinals remaining with the Brewers
concerned.
Burial or Cremation of the Dead.—Under Section 50 of
the National Assistance Act, 1948, the Council is required to arrange
for the burial or cremation of any person who has died or been
found dead in the Borough if in such cases it appears to the Council
that no suitable funeral arrangements have been or are being made.
The Council is empowered, if it so desires, to recover expenses
for the burial or cremation from the estate of the deceased person or
from any person who, for the purposes of this Act, was liable to
maintain the deceased person immediately prior to his death.
During 1949 arrangements were made, under the above Act,
for the burial of 24 bodies (18 males and 6 females) at a cost to the
Council of £87 4s. 1d.
Exhumations.—Notice was received from the Home Office of
two exhumations at the Council's Cemeteries. In each case the
Sanitary Inspector for the District was present to see that the
usual precautions were observed.
Aged, Infirm and Physically Incapacitated Persons.—
Cases of infirm persons who are unable to maintain a reasonable
standard of cleanliness owing to senility or ill-health are usually
brought to the notice of the Department either through complaints
by neighbours or through the secretaries of old peoples' associations
and other organisations. Other cases are brought to light in the
course of the Woman Sanitary Inspector's visits to almshouses, etc.