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City of London 1943
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MERCHANDISE MARKS ACT, 1908.
Agricultural Produce (Grading & Marking) Act,
1928 - 1931.
No difficulty was experienced during the year in regard to the
ministration of the above Act.
CREMATIONS.
647 cremations were carried out at the City of London Crematorium
Ilford.
CITY MORTUARY.
| bodies received | 46 |
| Inquest on bodies | 26 |
| " " fires | 0 |
DISINFECTION AND CLEANSING OF
VERMINOUS PERSONS.
Export of Clothing.
| No. of articles disinfected | 330 |
| Fess received | £15. |
General Disinfection. Infectious Diseases, etc.
| Articles of clothing and bedding disinfected | 10,138 |
| Horse-hair (cases) | 18 |
| Articles of Bedding & Clothing destroyed | 636 |
Cleansing of persons.
| No. of Scabeous Persons bathed | 39 |
| No. of verminous persons bathed | 264 |
| No. of scabeous and verminous articles disinfected | 3,132 |
Cleansing of School Children.
| No. of children cleansed | 3,026 |
| No. of articles disinfected | 1,378 |
Restruction of Pigeons.
| igeons destroyed - by staff | 0 |
| bv one private individual duly authorised | |
| by the Corporation | 1,381 |
RAT REPRESSION.
In time of War when the feeding of the people of this country
becomes a serious national problem, special efforts must be made to
reduce to a minimum the destruction of foodstuffs by rats.
It is appropriate, therefore, that the Ministry of Food should
have taken statutory powers to require the occupiers of land or
remises and the owners of food or other commodities, to take more
Active measures of rat repression than they have done under the
its & Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919, and to direct Local Authorities
to report as to the degree of rat infestation in their districts; to
immededy such infestation in certain cases, and in others to enforce
trections of the Minister given to occupiers of premises.