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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.
One district Inspector also acts as Inspector in charge of
rodent control operations. There were no resignations during
the year. Three of the four positions of district Inspector which
were vacant at the beginning of the year were filled, but not
without difficulty and loss or time. For the year as a whole,
the shortage averaged 3½ Inspectors over the entire period.
Exhumation and Re-interment of Bodies.
During the year six 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 local district Inspector
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.
Five applications were received during the year for
certificates under the above Act, but in only one case was it
possible to grant a certificate, the other applications being in
respect of premises which were not controlled under the
principal Act.
Coroner's Court and Public Mortuary.
The number of bodies admitted to the Public Mortuary
shows an increase of 25 as compared with last year. There was
also an increase of 24 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 the Statistical Supplement.
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act, 1951,
The above Act, which came into operation on the 1st
November, 1951, makes it compulsory for manufacturers,