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Fumigation of Vermin.Infested Furniture.
The City Council have a contract with a firm of fumigators for the
disinfestation by hydrocyanic acid gas of the furniture of incoming
tenants to the Council's Housing Estates where any article of such furniture
has been found to be verminous. The bedding and soft furnishings
of such tenants are treated by steam disinfection at the Council's disinfecting
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The process of disinfestation is carried out during transfer of the
furniture from the old to the new accommodation and the furniture
of some 3 families was dealt with during the year.
Burial or Cremation of the Dead.
Under the provisions of Section 50 of the National Assistance Act,
1948, it is the duty of the City Council as a Sanitary Authority to cause
to be buried or cremated the body of any person who has died or is
found dead in the area, where no other arrangements have been made
for the disposal of the body.
The Council is empowered to recover the cost of burial from the
estate of the deceased, and as from the 5th July, 1949, is eligible to
receive payments in respect of the cost of such burial from death grants
payable under the provisions of the National Insurance Act, 1946.
Where persons without known relatives die in the City, it is frequently
necessary not only to arrange for their burial, but to dispose of the
contents of their homes. This course is necessary to enable the proceeds
to be applied towards the cost of burial and also to avoid rent accruing
and to release the accommodation for housing purposes as early as
possible.