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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.
EXHUMATIONS AT CITY OF LONDON CEMETERY.
During the year the remains of four persons were exhumed from common graves and reinterred
in private graves, and the remains of one person were exhumed from a private grave and
reinterred in a family vault at the City of London Cemetery.
In accordance with the licences issued by the Home Office, a representative of the Medical Officer
of Health was present on each occasion.
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 1953, 114 pigeons were destroyed by this means.
CITY MORTUARY.
Bodies received 135
Post Mortem Examinations made 135
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 1,083,708
Cases of horsehair 153
Fees received £3,600 10s. Od.
General Disinfection. Infectious Diseases,&c. :—
Articles of bedding disinfected 1,168
Rooms disinfected after cases of infectious disease 7
Lockers at Post Offices disinfected 56
Verminous rooms disinfected 86
Ambulances, vans, &c., disinfected —
Police Cells disinfected 11
Cleansing of Persons :—
No. of verminous persons bathed 490
No. of verminous articles disinfected 4,790
Cleansing of Schoolchildren :—
No. of children cleansed 288
No. of articles disinfected 1,942
No. of children treated for Minor ailments 2,040
LONDON:
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1954.