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MERCHANDISE MARKS ACT, 1926.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (GRADING AND MARKING) ACTS, 1928-1931.
No difficulty was experienced during the year in regard to the administration of the above Acts.
PIGEON NUISANCE.
The Corporation, in exercise of their powers under Sec. 121 of the Public Health (London) Act,
1936, from time to time cause the number of pigeons in the City to be reduced when it appears to
them either that their number is excessive, or that complaints of their congregation in certain areas
are justified.
Certain pigeon-catchers are authorised by the Corporation to carry out the necessary trapping,
and during 1950, 1,730 pigeons were destroyed by this means.
CITY MORTUARY.
Bodies received 65
Post Mortem Examinations made 60
Inquest on bodies 25
Inquests held at Holloway Prison —
Inquest on fires
DISINFECTION AND CLEANSING OF VERMINOUS PERSONS, ETC.
Export of Clothing, &c.:—
No. of articles disinfected 631,622
Cases of horsehair 17
Fees received £2,153 7s. 0d.
General Disinfection. Infectious Diseases, &c.:—
Articles of clothing and bedding disinfected 384
Rooms disinfected after cases of infectious disease 46
Lockers at Post Offices disinfected 39
Verminous rooms disinfected 128
Ambulances, vans, &c., disinfected 1
Cleansing of Persons:—
No. of scabeous persons bathed 2
No. of verminous persons bathed 272
No. of scabeous and verminous articles disinfected 2,847
Cleansing of Schoolchildren:—
No. of children cleansed 2,237
No. of articles disinfected 1.393
LONDON :
Printed by Drake, Driver & Leaver, Ltd., Rosebery Avenuf, E.C. I.
1951.
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