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SECTION C —SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES
Food and Drugs. Fifty-one samples were submitted to the Public
Analyst during the year, all of which were found to be unadulterated
and genuine. Details of the samples will be found on pages 31-32. One
hundred and ninety-eight samples of milk were sent to the Public Health
Laboratory for bacteriological examination. One sample failed to conform
to the prescribed standards. Twelve samples of ice cream were
also sent to the Laboratory, further details of which will be found on
page 32.

The total number in the categories is, of course, far greater than
the actual number of premises, as at several of them two or more of
the above trades are carried on. Inspections of these premises during
the year totalled 1,109. Details of offences and action taken are included
in the Chief Public Health Inspector's report on page 26.
Registrations under Section 89 of the Merton and Morden Urban
District Council Act, 1936, at the end of the year were as follows
Ice Cream Dealers 136
Ice Cream Vendors (Itinerant) 3
Preserved Food Manufacturers 44
Disposal of the Dead. The Carshalton and Merton and Morden
Joint Burial Board formed by the two authorities administers 60 acres
of land in Lower Morden as a cemetery for both areas. During the year
422 interments took place there, of which 205 were from Merton and
Morden.
The North-East Surrey Crematorium Board, representing the
Councils of Battersea, Sutton and Cheam, Carshalton and Merton and
Morden, operates a crematorium sited in the Battersea Cemetery grounds
at Lower Morden. Cremations during the year numbered 1,471, of which
374 were from Merton and Morden.
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