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No legal proceedings were taken during the year.
At the end of the year there were 730 shops on the register.
Mortuary.
The Council have provided a Mortuary in Billet Lane in premises
adjoining the Fire Station. During the year 10 bodies were deposited
in the mortuary and 25 post mortem examinations were carried out in the
post mortem room at Oldchurch Hospital under the terms of an agreement
with the Essex County Council.
Swimming Baths and Pools.
There are no public swimming baths or pools in the district which are
open to the public.
Schools.
The sanitary accommodation and the water supply of the 25 schools
in the district were satisfactory.
Cases of notifiable infectious diseases occurring amongst school
children and any contacts in the same house are dealt with by exclusion
from school in accordance with the Memorandum on Exclusion from
School, 1927. An intimation is sent in every case to the Head Teacher
of the school concerned.
Head Teachers supply on Form M.I. 13 to the Medical Officer of
Health the names of children who are absent from school stated to be
suffering from the common infectious diseases.