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NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT, 1948.
Action taken under Section 47.
An application was made to a Court of Summary
Jurisdiction on the 10th September, 1948, by the Bexley
Borough Council for the removal of a resident of the
Borough to suitable residential accommodation on the
grounds that he was aged and infirm, was living in
insanitary conditions, and was unable to devote to himself
or receive from other persons proper care and
attention.
The Court, after the evidence, made an order for
his removal to the West Hill Hospital from which he
was subsequently transferred to a hostel for aged persons.
Action under Section 50.
The Borough Council undertook the burial of two
residents who were without means and whose relatives
could not be traced.
PUBLIC MORTUARY.
The Public Mortuary which is maintained by the
Corporation, is situated on land at the south side of the
Council Offices.
During the year it was used on 66 occasions and 63
post-mortem examinations were made. Five inquests
were held.
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