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aibulance facilities.
The London County Council is responsible under Section 27 of the
National Health Service Act, 194-6, for the provision of Ambulance
transport within the Administrative County of London.
CONFERENCES.
The Council was officially represented at the undermentioned
Conferences during the year:-
Conference Held At Attended By
Royal Society of Health Blackpool Cr.E.W.Hill and Medical Officer
(April) of Health.
Central Consultative London Cr.E.W.Hill and Medical Officer
Committee for Old People (July) . of Health.
Public Health Inspectors Bournemouth Aid.Mrs.C.F.Woollon and Public
Association (September) Health Inspector Mr.H.J.Green.
National Society for Brighton Cr.Mrs.C.Edwards and Public
Clean Air (October) Health Inspector Mr.G.D.Freeland.
DECEASED PERSONS.
Inquests. Inquests were held on 54 residents of the Borough, the
verdicts being 8 deaths due to road accidents; 25 other accidents;
13 suicides; 2 acute alcoholism; 2 misadventure; 1 natural causes and
3 open verdicts.
Burials. Section 50 of the National Assistance Act, 1948, places
a duty on the Council to arrange for the burial of any persons found
dead within the Borough where no private arrangements have been made.
Eighteen such burials took place during the year, all adults, at a
cost of £205, of which sum £152 was recovered by the end of the year from
the estates of the deceased persons or from liable relatives or by way of
grants made under the National Insurance Act, 1946.
Fourteen requests for burial came from H.M. Coroner's Officer and
four from relatives of the deceased.
In 1948, the first year that this service was undertaken by the
Council, 65 burials took place.
It is often necessary where persons living alone have died in the
Borough, to dispose of the contents of their homes. This is done in
conjunction with relatives of the deceased, or with the Treasury
Solicitor where there are no known relatives, and has the effect of
releasing the accommodation for housing purposes as soon as possible.
FREE WASHING FACILITIES.
The Council provides free washing facilities in sixteen of the
twenty-two public conveniences in the Borough, with the aim of promoting
iood hygiene and cleanliness. Some 129,000 free washes were taken during
the year.