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The diploma of Public Health Assisted
Training Scheme
The scheme whereby a medical officer is
seconded each year to a diploma of public
health course and granted leave of absence
on full pay and payment of course and
examination fees continued.
Establishments for massage or special
treatment
During the year ten establishments were
licensed by the council for the following
purposes:-
Massage and electrical treatment 2
Epilation by electrolysis 1
Chiropody 4
Chiropody and massage 1
Chiropody and electrical treatment 1
Chiropody, massage and electrical
trestment 1
Each establishment was inspected by a
medical officer on one occasion during 1969.
Mortuary services
The borough council maintains a public mortuary
in Feltham to which bodies are admitted from
the urban districts of Staines, Sun bury-on-Thames,
Chertsey, Egham, Esher, Walton & Weybridge
and Woking, the rural district of Bagshot, and
the London Boroughs of Richmond-on-Thames
and Kingston-on-Thames. A nominal charge is
made for the use of the mortuary to the councils
of the above mentioned districts.
The coroner has directed that deceased
persons who were resident within the London
Borough of Hounslow and require to be removed
to a public mortuary shall be sent to the
Hampton Mortuary maintained by the London
Borough of Richmond-on-Thames. The council
pays a nominal charge for the use of this
mortuary
Burials
Under section 50 of the National Assistance
Act, 1948 it is the duty of the council to
arrange the burial of any person who has died
in the district where it appears that there
are no suitable arrangements tor the disposal
of the body.
During 1969 six burials were arranged in
accordance with this section
Co-ordination of Social Services
Co-ordination between the chi Idren's, education,
health, housing and welfare departments
continued successfully throughout the year
and there was a good relationship with the
many voluntary organisations working in the
borough.
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