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SECTION E
SANITARY ADMINISTRATION
Staff.
The establishment of Sanitary Inspectors consists of one
Senior Sanitary Inspector, a Deputy Senior Sanitary Inspector
and 10 other district Inspectors, two Food and Drugs Inspectors
and one woman Inspector.
There have been a number of resignations during the year
and replacement has been exceedingly difficult.
At the end of the year, three of the district Inspectors'
positions were vacant.
Exhumation and Re-interment of Bodies.
During the year three licences were granted by the Secretary
of State for the exhumation and removal of bodies from graves
in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Harrow Road.
Each of these was attended by the Sanitary Inspector for
this area and in each case it was possible to certify that the
removal was carried out in a proper manner.
Increase of Rent and Mortgage Restrictions Act, 1920/1939.
Three applications were received during the year for
certificates under the above Act and in all cases certificates were
granted.
One application was from an occupier requesting the
granting of a certificate that the premises were not in a reasonable
state of repair and two were from owners requesting the cancellation
of such certificates, upon completion of works considered
necessary.
Coroner's Court and Public Mortuary.
The number of bodies admitted to the Public Mortuary
shows an increase of 42 as compared with last year. This increase
is accounted for by larger numbers from other boroughs. There
was also an increase of 64 over last year in the number of post
mortem examinations conducted.
The Mortuary and Court were also used by the Boroughs of
Fulham, Chelsea and Kensington.
The Mortuary is equipped with a large refrigeration plant
and this ensures a completely satisfactory standard of hygiene.
Full particulars relating to the work carried out will be
found in a table in the Statistical Supplement.