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Mortuary.—A Coroner's Court, mortuary (with special provision
for Infectious Disease cases) and a post-mortem room is
provided by your Council at Queen's Road Cemetery.
The Cemetery Superintendent reports that the number of
inquests and post-mortems were as follows:—
Inquests only 114
Post-Mortems 105
Post-Mortems and Inquests (not included in above) 19
Total 238
CREMATION.
Facilities for cremation are available at the Crematorium
provided by the Corporation of the City of London, at Manor
Park, Little Ilford.
PROPAGANDA.
(a) Posters.—A poster hoarding at the corner of Farnan
Avenue and Forest Road has been taken over from the late Empire
Marketing Board for the display of health posters supplied by the
Central Council for Health Education. Your Council makes an
annual grant of five guineas to the Central Council.
(b) Health Education.—Every opportunity is taken by all
the Staff of the Department to give individual instruction in Health
Education as a normal part of their routine work.
In addition, several members of the Staff have lectured on
various subjects to organisations in the town.
The National Milk Publicity Council arranged 53 lectures at
various schools in the Borough during the year.
Milk Cookery demonstrations were held at Electric House,
the total attendances being 221.
Your Council subscribes one guinea per annum to the
Industrial Health Education Society.
Leaflets issued by the Dental Board were fully utilized.
PHYSICAL TRAINING FOR ADULTS.
A report on the matter by the Education Committee's Physical
Training Organisers appears on page 39 of the report of the School
Medical Officer for 1938. The following is extracted from their
report:—