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The figures on which the rates given in the Registrar-General's Quarterly
Reports are based are necessarily only partly corrected; the final correction
including the transference of births in institutions to the residential area of the
parents is made before the publication of the Registrar-General's Annual Report.
Deaths in Public Institutions.
Of the total number of 517 deaths, 379 died in hospitals and public institutions
either within or without the Borough.
General Provision of Health Services in the Borough.
In the Annual Report for 1930 detailed information was given as to the health
services provided in the Borough. In addition to the arrangements set out therein,
the following may be noted : —
Legislation in Force. The following came into operation during 1932: —
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1932 (see page 41).
The Holborn (Acute Rheumatism) Regulations, 1932 (see page 52).
Merchandise Marks, No. 1 Order, 1932 (see page 40).
Housing Consolidated Amendment Regulations, 1932.
Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking):—
Regulations and Orders came into operation during the year relating
to:—
Raw Cherries, 3rd May.
Plums, 18th May.
Bottled Fruits, 25th May.
Bottled Vegetables, 25th May.
Honey, 17th June.
Canned Fruits, 24th August.
Cider, 24th August.
Importation of Meat (Wrapping Materials), 1st November.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE BOROUGH.
Scavenging.
The removal of house and trade refuse is carried out by contract. In the
main thoroughfares, and in a number of other principal streets, there is a daily
collection. In the remainder of the streets the collection is twice weekly.
The collection of house refuse from the main streets is completed by
9 a.m., the householders being required to put the bins on the kerb of the footway
in front of their premises between the hours of 6 and 8 a.m. In a few streets
(Bloomsbury Street, south of Great Russell Street, Coptic Street, and Museum
Street) the collection is completed by 10 a.m. daily; the bins in these streets have
to be placed on the kerb ready for emptying not later than 9 o'clock each morning.
This earlier daily collection works well on the whole.
In a very large majority of the houses in the Borough, the old large fixed
ashpits have been replaced by movable sanitary ashbins.