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Western Road Girls —Seven new indoor water closets and seven wash basins
were provided.
The Borough Council provides the number of dustbins required for the removal of
school refuse.
Eradication of Bed Bugs, Fleas and Lice
Statistics for the year:—
(a) Number of Council houses
(1) found to be infested 4
(2) disinfested during the year 4
(b) Number of other houses
(1) found to be infested 11
(2) disinfested during the year 11
Total 15
Canal Boats
Southall is not a registration authority for Canal Boats. Inspections are carried out in
the Boroughs having mooring depots for these boats as a routine procedure and only
rarely is there need for interference by any officer of Southall. No report was necessary
during 1962.
Mortuary and Post-Mortem Room
The mortuary, situated in Havelock Road, provides adequate accommodation for the
Borough but is little used. No bodies were deposited in the mortuary during the year.
Twenty-five bodies were deposited in the mortuary at Acton and ninety-eight bodies in the
mortuary at Uxbridge, for post-mortem purposes and coroner's inquest if necessary.
Factories Act, 1937
The following tables give details of the work done in connection with the factories
and outworkers in the Borough:—