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PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS.
Blind Persons Act, 1920.
It was not found necessary to refer any case of blindness
to the London County Council under the scheme for the
education and training of the blind.
EXHUMATION AND RE-INTERMENT OF
BODIES.
St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Harrow Road.
During the year licences were granted by the Secretary
of State for the exhumation and removal of the bodies of
four persons from the catacombs or graves in St. Mary's
Cemetery.
One of the bodies was forthwith transported to Spain,
one body was reinterred in St. Mary's Cemetery, Harrow
Road, and two were conveyed to Mexico for reinterment.
The following conditions were attached to the
licences:—
(1) That the removal be effected with due care and
attention to decency early in the morning.
(2) That freshly made ground lime be freely sprinkled
over the coffin, the soil, or any matter that may
be offensive.
In the cases where the remains were removed to Spain
and Mexico it was required that they be contained in a
lead-lined shell, hermetically sealed.
The work of removal and re-interment was carried out
in accordance with the conditions and under the supervision
of the Sanitary Inspector on my behalf.