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(c) the number of children of the mother by her present husband and how many
of them are living;
(d) the number of children of the mother by any former husband and how
many of them are living.
(2) On registration of death—
(a) if the deceased was a male, whether he had been married, and, if so, whether
he was married at the date of death;
(b) if the deceased was a woman and had been married—
(i) the year in which she was married and the duration of the marriage;
(ii) whether she had any children by the husband or any former husband.
(c) the age of the surviving spouse, if any, of the deceased.
It is provided that the additional information so supplied is not to be entered in the
register, but is to be received and treated in the strictest confidence and transmitted to the
Registrar-General for statistical purposes only. Any person who discloses such information
in contravention of the Act is made liable to prosecution and to the penalties of imprisonment
or fine or both. [Extract from Report of Town Clerk.]
London Count; Council (General Powers) Act, 1938.
Section 3 enacts that a sanitary authority may provide, either free of charge or subject
to such payment as they may in any case determine, temporary shelter or house accommodation
for any persons who vacate a house or part of a house by reason of any action taken
by the sanitary authority in pursuance of section 123 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936,
for the destruction or removal of vermin in or from that house or part of a house or any other
house or part of a house in proximity thereto.
The sanitary authority may, with the consent of the Minister of Health, borrow for
the purpose of the provision of shelter or house accommodation under these powers.
Under Section 4, the London County Council may at any time submit to the Secretary
of State (after complying with such requirements as to notice as may be prescribed) a draft
order determining the places in the count)' for the holding of inquests by coroners appointed
by the County Council, and assigning an area for each of such places, and providing that any
inquest shall be held at the place appointed for the area in which the death occurred or in which
the body was found, unless the coroner in any case deems the circumstances to be of such an
exceptional nature as to render it expedient that the inquest should be held at some other
place. The Secretary of State after taking into consideration any objections to the draft
order made in the prescribed manner and within the prescribed time may make the order
either in the terms of the draft submitted to him, or with such modifications as he thinks fit.
It shall be the duty of the coroners to comply with the provisions of any order thus made.
The Borough Council may be affected by the foregoing section as the St. Pancras Court
has been very largely used for the holding of inquests on cases from adjoining Boroughs, although
the latter have facilities of their own.
It is interesting to record that during the past year, 548 inquests were held in the
Coroner's Court, 147 of which were in respect of St. Pancras cases, and 401 from other
Boroughs. These figures are typical of the conditions which have existed since 1932.
[Extract from Report of Town Clerk.]
HEALTH PROPAGANDA.
In addition to the numerous leaflets which are distributed from the various Welfare
Centres, Tuberculosis Dispensary, etc., an arrangement is in force, in conjunction with the
Education and Public Libraries Committee, to make known the Health Facilities which