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DISINFECTION AND DISINFESTATION.
The following is a record of the work carried out by
the Disinfecting Staff during 1954:
No. of calls by borough van 3.058
No, of articles passed through steam chamber 6,200
No. of rooms disinfested after vermin 150
No, of rooms disinfected after infectious disease 233
Requests for the disinfection of articles of clothing
for despatch abroad has increased, and during the year 249
parcels were disinfected at the request of 227 senders.
STAFF MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS.
146 examinations were undertaken as follows:-
89 medical examinations were carried out of new entrants
to the Superannuation Scheme. Of these 17 were classed as unfit.
10 examinations were made of persons on whom a special
report was required in connection with absence through illness.
47 examinations were undertaken for other authorities.
PUBLIC MORTUARY, NEW END
During the year, 249 bodies were admitted to the
Mortuary and 244 post-mortem examinations were carried out.
The following table shows how the bodies were admitted and the
cause of death:-
Natural Causes 194
Suicides: Hanging 1
Railway 1
Coal gas poisoning 12
Drowning 2
Falls 1
Drugs 3 20
Accidental: Falls 5
Gas explosion 1
Burns 5
Coal gas poisoning 2 13
carried forward 227