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Rent Act, 1957
The details of the administration of this Act were referred to fully
in the 1957 Annual Report.
Five applications were received for Certificates of Disrepair
during the year 1961, bringing the total number of applications to
146 since the Act came into operation in June, 1957.
Disinfection
The Council undertakes, free of charge, the disinfection of rooms,
articles of clothing and bedding after cases of Tuberculosis and
occasionally other Infectious Diseases. Requests for the steam
disinfection of bedding, etc., other than for notifiable illness, are met
but a charge is made for the service. During 1961, 49 applications
were received and accounts rendered for £58 16s.
During the year, 95 Library books were collected from homes
and hospitals where infectious disease had occurred, disinfected and
returned to the Library of origin.
Mortuary
The administration of the Beckenham Mortuary is the responsibility
of the Public Health Department, the Mortuary Attendant being
a member of the Medical Officer's staff.
During 1961, 164 bodies were brought to the Mortuary where
post-mortem examinations were conducted by a Home Office
Pathologist. Fourteen Inquests were held in the Town Hall.
Movable Dwellings
Thirteen families occupied movable dwellings under licence from
the Council during 1961.
Nine inspections of the sites of the caravans were made, and in
no instance was a Public Health nuisance discovered.
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