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* Application for a number of these Certificates was received
during 1955.
Coroner s Court and Public Mortuary
The number of bodies admitted to the Public Mortuary during the
year was 634, a decrease of 32 compared with 1955. There were 619 post
mortem examinations, this is also a decrease of 11 compared with last
year.
The Mortuary and Court were also used by the Boroughs of Fttlham,
Chelsea and Kensington.
The Mortuary is equipped with a large refrigeration plant and
this ensures an entirely satisfactory standard of hygiene.
Full particulars of the work carried out will be found in the
Statistical Supplement.
Rag Flock and other Filling Materials Act, 1951
The above Act remained in force during the year and whilst no
fresh certificates of registration were issued, one registration was
cancelled by request and the number of premises registered under the
Act at the end of the year was nine.
Pet Animals Act, 1951.
Local Authorities still remained responsible under the above Act
for issuing licences to persons for keeping pet shops, and for the inspection
of premises so licensed to check that the requirements are
compiled with.
During the year three applications were received for new licences,
two of which were approved. Eleven applications for renewal of
ences were received and granted during the year, and one licence previously
granted was not renewed.
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1952.
During the year there were no contraventions of Section 26 of
this Act, which deals with the restrictions on sales etc., by dealers
in rags, old clothes and similar articles.
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