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Merchandise Marks Act, 1926
The Council have continued to execute the provisions of the Orders
made under this Act and their five Sampling Officers are appointed as
authorised officers for this purpose. Much of the work is done amongst
the stall-holders in the district.
Pet Animals Act, 1951
Six licences have been granted in respect of premises used as Pet
Shops, all of them dealing mainly with fish and birds.
The premises have been inspected and found satisfactory.
Establishments for Massage and Special Treatment
Six establishments, four for chiropody and two for massage, etc.,
are licensed under Part IV of the Surrey County Council Act, 1931. All
were visited and found satisfactory.
Employment Agencies
There is only one employment agency in the district which was
visited and found to be satisfactory.
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act, 1951
Three premises used for upholstering are registered in accordance
with Section 2 of the Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act, 1951.
Two formal samples, one of unused cotton felt and one of new
teased coir fibre, were procured and found to comply with the regulations.
The prescribed analysts are—The Chiltern Laboratories, Ltd., of
Station Road, Marlow, Bucks.
National Assistance Acts, 1948 and 1951
Provision is made under these Acts to require the removal to places
of care of old and infirm people who are so neglected as to become a risk
to their own health or to that of others. Owing to the lack of adequate
institutional accommodation for the elderly without adequate domestic
care, cases of this nature are not infrequently brought to the notice of
the Medical Officer of Health by general practitioners. The powers
provided under the Acts rarely need to be used to compel old people to
accept such care. What is needed is more beds, both in welfare institutions
and hospitals for old people in need and willing to occupy them.
Disposal of the Dead
The Carshalton and Merton and Morden Joint Cemetery Board,
set up in 1943, acquired some 60 acres of land in Lower Morden for use
as a cemetery, which was opened in 1947. During 1954, 373 interments
took place there, of which 148 were from Carshalton. No unused burial
accommodation is available in Carshalton churchyard. Interment there
is now effected only by re-opening existing graves.
Negotiations are at present in progress jointly with the Battersea,
Sutton and Cheam and Merton and Morden Councils for the provision of
a crematorium to serve the four districts.
The Council's mortuary in Mill Lane is provided with all modern
facilities. The number of bodies received there during 1954 was 109, on
all of which autopsies were performed. A large proportion of this number
were from other areas.
National Assistance Act—Section 50
One burial was arranged by the Council under this section during
the year.
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