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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 1951, 1,124 pigeons were destroyed by this means.
CITY MORTUARY.
Bodies received 88
Post Mortem Examinations made 74
Inquest on bodies 38
Inquests held at Holloway Prison —
Inquest on fires —
DISINFECTION AND CLEANSING OF VERMINOUS PERSONS, ETC.
Export of Clothing, &c. :—
No. of articles disinfected 569,770
Cases of horsehair 37
Fees received £1,825 13s. Od.
General Disinfection. Infectious Diseases, &c.:—
Articles of bedding disinfected 45
Rooms disinfected after cases of infectious disease 102
Lockers at Post Offices disinfected 25
Verminous rooms disinfected 85
Ambulances, vans, &c., disinfected 2
Police Cells disinfected 10
Cleansing of Persons:—
No. of verminous persons bathed 425
No. of verminous articles disinfected 4,165
Cleansing of Schoolchildren:—
No. of children cleansed 2,437
No. of articles disinfected 1,885
LONDON:
Printed by Drake, Driver & Leaver, Ltd., Rosebery Avenue, E.C. I.
1952.
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