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ICE-CREAM SHOPS
28. No ice cream was made or sold.
FRIED FISH SHOPS.
29. There are 39 fried fish shops in the Borough.
42 inspections were made, and 7 notices served.
DISINFECTION
30. Rooms at 1,064 houses were disinfected in 1917, compared
with 1,344, 1,252, and 989 in the three preceding years.
The disinfecting apparatus was used 1,064 times for
22,180 articles after infectious disease and 93 times for
special disinfection.
Books from the Free Libraries and Public Schools were
disinfected.
The sum of £8. 7.0 was received for disinfection after
special cases of illness on request of the occupier. In addition
a large quantity of horsehair and blankets was disinfected
for the Army Ordnance Store Department for the sum of £79.13.9.
THE MORTUARIES.
31. The Pun Street Mortuary was used for 185 bodies compared
with 189. 277 and 271 in the three preceding years. 177
were deposited for inquest and 8 for custody. 90 post-mortem
examinations were made. No body was deposited in the infectious
mortuary, compared with 2. 1, and 3 in the three preceding years.
The Eltham Mortuary was used for five bodies compared
with 1 in 1914, 3 in 1915 and 8 in 1916. 2 were for inquest
and 3 for custody.
CEMETERIES.
32. The two Borough Cemeteries were well maintained and no
complaint was received. 701 bodies were buried in Woolwich
Cemetery, compared with 667, 720, and 694, in the three previous
years. There were 665 interments in the Plumstead Cemetery,
compared with 842 , 834, and 744, in the three previous years.
36 burials took place in Plumstead Churchyard, compared with 60,
34, 51, 46, and 38, in the five preceding years.
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