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Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest
(Restrictions) Acts.
25 applications were received during the year for Certificates. Of these
22* were granted, 2 were refused and I was withdrawn.
*1 was issued free of charge in pursuance of the Council's resolution
dated 21st November, 1921.
Sale of Food and Drug's Act, 1899, and the Butter
and Margarine Act, 1907.
4 applications were received for registration with respect to the business
of Wholesale Dealers in Margarine. Certificates were granted in all cases.
Water Certificates.
6 applications were received under the provisions of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891, for certificates as to dwelling-houses having a proper and
sufficient supply of water. Certificates were granted in all cases.
The Mortuary and Shelter.
The number of bodies deposited in the Mortuary during the year was
227. Of these, 189 were removed by the Coroner's Order, 31 by the Police,
3 at the request of the deceased's friends, and 4 on my instructions.
54 bodies were placed in the Jewish part of the Mortuary, but only 11
were officially "watched."
221 inquests were held in the Coroner's Court, and 150 post-mortem
examinations were made.
5 persons were accommodated at the Council's Shelter—i.e., 2 men,
1 woman, and 2 children.
Verminous Persons.
462 persons were cleansed during the year and had their clothing disinfected—441
males and 21 females.
Disinfecting Station.
1,858 rooms were fumigated and the bedding, etc., were removed and
disinfected by steam. Of these, 1,479 rooms were fumigated because of
infectious disease, 176 as a result of pulmonary tuberculosis, and 203 because
they were verminous. In addition to these, scabies occurred in 193 families
and the bedding was taken away and disinfected by steam.
215,013 articles were disinfected. Of these, 140,207 were second-hand
articles of clothing for export abroad, 64,954 were from premises where infectious
disease occurred, and 9,852 because they were in a verminous condition.
3,054 articles of bedding were destroyed with the owners' consent,