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MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS
Sixty-seven examinations were undertaken during the
year. Fifty-one were in respect of new appointments to the
staff, 13 were of persons on whom a special report was required
in connection with absence through sickness and 3 were carried
out on behalf of other authorities.
One person was found to be unfit for transfer from
the temporary to the permanent staff, one person was recommended
for superannuation and consideration of one person was deferred
for a year.
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT. 1948. SECTION 50
Eleven funerals were carried out under this Act at a
total cost of £96.13s .6d . An amount of £83.l6s.0d. was
recovered from the estates of the deceased or from relatives.
In 6 instances the full amount of the funeral expenses was
recovered and in 4 cases the expenses were written off as
Irrecoverable . In 1 case the funeral expenses were partially
recovered.
DISINFECTION AND DISINFESTATION
The volume of work in connection with disinfection
again decreased during the year. The number of rooms disinfested
after vermin was 157, and the rooms disinfected after infectious
disease 188; 132 parcels of clothes were disinfected prior to
despatch abroad; 31 filthy and verminous rooms were cleared
after the death or removal of the occupant, an increase of 17
over the previous year. Regular visits are paid to 2 hospitals
for the disinfection of wards and laundry.
The work of the Public Health Laundry is also carried
out by the disinfecting staff who have been kept very fully
occupied despite the shorter amount of time spent on disinfection.
Apart from the more usual work of disinfection and
disinfestation requests were received for the destruction of
26 wasps nests.