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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.
One formal sample of unused cotton felt was procured and this
complied with the Regulations.
The prescribed Analysts are—The Chiltern Laboratories, Ltd., of
Station Road, Marlow, Bucks.
Establishments for Massage and Special Treatment
Six establishments are licensed under Part IV of the Surrey County
Council Act, 1931. Four engaged in chiropody and two massage, etc. All
were visited and found to be conducted satisfactorily.
Employment Agencies
There is only one employment agency in the district which was visited
and found satisfactory.
National Assistance Acts, 1948 and 1951
It was not found necessary to use the powers of these Acts to require
the removal of any old or infirm person who as a result of neglect was found
to be in insanitary conditions. From time to time the help of the Medical
Officer of Health is sought to secure hospital or institutional care of old
people who are past caring for themselves and with no one to give them
adequate domestic attention. The shortage of institutional accommodation
for this purpose remains as great as ever.
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 1955, 421 interments took
place there, of which 149 were from Carshalton. No unused burial accommodation
is available in Carshalton churchyard. Interment there is now
effected only by re-opening existing graves.
The negotiations between the four authorities Battersea, Sutton and
Cheam, Carshalton and Merton and Morden for the provision of crematorium
facilities were carried a stage further in 1955 when a private Bill
was lodged in the House of Commons to authorise the constitution of a
Joint Board representing the four authorities to provide and maintain a
crematorium. All formal action has been taken by the Council in connection
with the promotion of this Bill.
The Council's mortuary in Mill Lane which is fully equipped for postmortem
examinations received 126 bodies during the year on all of which
autopsies were performed. Of the total, 48 were admitted from other
districts.
National Assistance Act—Section 50
One burial was arranged by the Council under this section which
places such a duty upon the local authority where no suitable arrangements
for disposal are otherwise made.
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