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Where application for assistance is made by the owner or
occupier, the disinfestation is carried out by the Council's Disinfector
and a fee of 2/6 per room is charged.
During the year 67 houses were found to be infested and were
all disinfested under the supervision of the Council's Inspectors.
Cleansing Station.—The Borough Council's agreement with
the London County Council to supply the necessary accommodation
and equipment for the bathing and cleansing of verminous school
children was continued during the year. Under the London County
Council scheme the work of cleansing is supervised by a school
nurse, who devotes every morning and two afternoons a week to
this work.
Statement of the activities of the year is as follows :—
Cases of Impetigo 772
Cases of Nitty and Verminous heads and bodies 1,447
Cases of Scabies 321
ABNEY PARK CEMETERY.
In March, 1928, the Minister of Health, at the instance of the
Council, sent an Inspector to visit the cemetery and investigate the
conditions under which burials took place. As a result of this visit,
certain improvements were effected by the Cemetery Company to
remedy the untidy condition of the cemetery, but the Ministry stated
that in view of Section 7 of the Burial Act, 1852, the cemetery could
not be closed by Order in Council as this Section specifically excludes
Abney Park Cemetery from the provisions of the Act relating to the
discontinuance or prevention of burials.
In September, 1937, a comprehensive inspection of the cemetery
was made and a report submitted in which it was pointed out that,
whilst there did not appear to be any grounds for action from a
sanitary point of view it was felt that undesirable features existed
in regard to the continued unrestricted use of the cemetery for
interments, and that the time could not be far distant when the
question of overcrowding must receive serious consideration.
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