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DISINFESTATION
The Public Health Inspectors inspect verminous premises and supervise the work of disinfectors
employed by the Council (Section 83 of the Public Health Act, 1936) (Table 50).
The Council provide transport for clothing and bedding requiring disinfection and disinfestation
(Section 84 of the Public Health Act, 1936). The Council's employees disinfect and disinfest rooms and collect
and deliver the clothing and bedding.
The number of verminous premises treated remains very small when considered in relation to the
total number of premises in the Borough, and calls for no special comment. There was a considerable increase
in the number of wasps nests treated compared with 1968.
PUBLIC MORTUARY
During the year, Home Office pathologists performed post mortem examinations on 766 bodies in the
Town Hall Mortuary, followed by an inquest in 176 cases. All the inquests were held by the Coroner in
accommodation provided by the London Borough of Barnet at Avenue House, East End Road, Finchley, N.3.
The Mortuary was constructed in 1959/60, and contains a refrigerated chamber for nine bodies, two
post mortem tables, waiting room, viewing room and offices for the pathologist and mortuary superintendent.
In addition to the mortuary superintendent, a full-time attendant is employed .