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STAFF.
The following changes in the staff of the Department
took place during the year:-
(a) Commenced duty
P. Cashman Temporary Clerk 24 November 1950
H.I. Davies do 11. December 1950
(b ) Ceased duty
P. Cashman Temporary Clerk 9 December 1950
W.P. Howard Section Clerk (P.H.) 28 December 1950
W.F. Lellow Assistant Administrative
Officer 31 January 1950
(c) Change in duties etc.
B. Reilly Sanitary Clerk was
appointed Sanitary
Inspector 7 December 1950
E.P. Webber Sanitary Inspector
was appointed Assistant
Administrative
Officer 1 August 1950
DECEASED PERSONS.
Mortuary.
Nine bodies were received in the Council's Mortuary
during the year.
Inquests.
Inquests were held on 47 residents of the Borough,
3 of whom were children under five years of age; 7 deaths
were due to suicide, 2 road accidents, 18 accidental and
20 due to other causes.
Burials.
Section 50 of the National Assistance Act 1948 places
the duty on the Council to arrange, when no private arrangements
exist, for burial of any persons found dead or dying
within the borough.
42 such burials took place during the year at a cost of
£356.7.0, of which £240.7.9 was irrecoverable from the estate
of the deceased persons.
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