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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
three persons from the catacombs or graves in St. Mary's
Cemetery.
One body was removed to the Langney Cemetery near
Eastbourne for re-interment, and two bodies were reinterred
in St. Mary's Cemetery, Kensal Green.
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, and in the case of the body removed
to Eastbourne—the remains be contained in a wellpitched
shell, and entirely surrounded by four
inches of newly-made vegetable charcoal in
powder.
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.
PUBLIC BATHS.
The Public Swimming Baths in Lime Grove and the
Open-air Swimming Bath in Bloemfontein Road, are provided
with aeration and filtration plants, whereby the
water is continuously filtered, aerated and chlorinated.