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The Transit of Calves Order, 1963, was made on the 11th July and came into
operation on the 22nd July, except for provisions relating to the construction of vehicles
in which calves are carried; these latter provisions come into force on the 1st January,
1964. The Order is designed to protect calves from unnecessary suffering during
transport by road.
There were no outbreaks of animal diseases in Finchley during the year.
BURIAL AND CREMATION
It is the duty of the local authority under Section 50 of the National Assistance
Act, 1948, to cause to be buried or cremated the body of any person who has died or
been found dead in the area, in any case where it appears to the authority that no
suitable arrangements for the disposal of the body have been or are being otherwise
made.
The expenses incurred may be recovered from the estate of the deceased person,
by death grant subject to the contribution conditions being satisfied or from any person
who for the purposes of the Act was liable to maintain the deceased person immediately
before his death.
Any person who has died or been found dead in these circumstances in Finchley
is buried in the St. Pancras Cemetery. One burial was carried out by the Council
during the year.
EXHUMATIONS
Licences for the removal of human remains under the Burial Act, 1857, state,
inter alia," "It is considered advisable that the medical officer of health should be
notified whenever such a licence is granted in order that he may be in a position to
take (under his general powers) any action that may appear to him to be necessary
in the interests of public health." Two copies of licences for such removals were
received from the Home Office during the year.
The exhumations were carried out in the early hours of the morning and were
observed by a public health inspector, to ensure compliance with the conditions of the
licences.
MORTUARY
The Council provide a mortuary under the provisions of the Public Health Act,
1936, and the Coroner, whose district includes Finchley, uses his power in Section 24
of the Coroner's Amendment Act, 1926, to direct that bodies from the Potters Bar
and Friern Barnet Urban Districts, which are also within his district, shall be taken
to the Finchley Mortuary.
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