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Sanitary Inspection of the Borough.
. proper treatment of trade effluents before they are discharged
into the river.
2. Those areas of the river bed which are not required,
and branches and loops of the stream which serve no useful
purpose, should be filled in.
3. The flow of the stream should be restricted to a
properly defined channel with satisfactory invert and properly
constructed banks.
The River Wandle Committee, after receiving this report
on the condition of the River, decided to confer with the London
County Council, in whom the control of the River is vested, and
a conference was arranged towards the end of the year between
representatives of the Borough Council and the County Council,
when the whole matter was discussed in full.
Statement of Work done under the Rag Flock
Act, 1911.
There is one factory in the Borough where rag flock is manufactured.
This factory is inspected under the provisions of the
Factory and Workshop Act.
No samples of Rag Flock were taken during the year, as the
method of rag flock manufacture is considered satisfactory.
Removal of Aged, Infirm or Diseased Persons to Institutions.
Powers for the removal of cases of this nature are given in
Section 28 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act,
1928. It was not found necessary to make use of these powers
during the year.
Mortuaries.
During the year only three bodies have been removed to the
Mortuaries in the Borough, two to the Streatham and one to the
Wandsworth Mortuary. No bodies were taken to the Mortuary
in Clapham.
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