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in the serving of a variety of meals at their Civic Restaurant, the Council
made a grant for the purchase of the necessary equipment and this
improved service became available towards the end of July and has
given much satisfaction to the consumers.
The cost of the meal is 1s. 6d., the old people are charged 10d. the
London County Council bearing the difference of 8d. per meal. Some 8,478
meals were delivered by this service during the year. This was
accomplished by the British Red Cross Society with the service of one
paid driver-organiser and a band of enthusiastic voluntary workers.
International Certificates of Vaccination and Inoculation.
Arrangements continued during the year for the authentication by
the Medical Officer of Health of International Certificates of Vaccination
and Inoculation completed by medical practitioners in Westminster.
These certificates are required by passengers proceeding abroad from
this country, and the purpose of the authentication is to provide proof
to those health authorities abroad who desire it that the signature of
the person issuing the certificate is that of a registered medical practitioner.
Some 1.574 certificates were authenticated during the year.
Medical Inspection of Aliens.
The arrangement between the City Council and the Ministry of Health
whereby the Medical Officer of Health was responsible for the medical
inspection of Aliens arriving at Victoria Station by the Dover-Dunkirk
ferry train, came to an end on the 30th April, 1952.
From the 1st January, 1952, up to the 30th April, 1952, some 3,597
aliens arriving by this service were medically inspected.
A new procedure was introduced after that date dispensing with the
necessity for the attendance of a medical inspector daily at the Station,
medical examinations of aliens being carried out by a medical practitioner
in the vicinity of the station where the Immigration Officer considered
such a course necessary.
Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933—Slaughterman's Licences.
The Council during the year granted Slaughterman's licences to
twenty-nine men who had been accepted by the Royal Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to act as their inspectors in different
parts of the country.
These licences are required to be held by the pupils while undergoing
training in humane slaughtering as inspectors of the R.S.P.C.A.
Paddington Group Hospital Management Committee.
The Council at the invitation of the Paddington Group Hospital
Management Committee appointed Councillor Havinden to serve on
House Committee No. 1.