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Hackney 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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Public Laundry Eastway
Slipper Baths Lower Clapton Road
Wardle Street
Gayhurst Road
Shacklewell Lane
Englefield Road
Eastway
Swimming Baths Lower Clapton Road (three indoor baths)
Vapour and Aeratone Baths Lower Clapton Road
One open air swimming bath in London Fields is provided and maintained
by the London County Council.
SECTION 234 (Provision of Mortuaries). The Council's Public Mortuary adjoins
the Churchyard of the Parish Church of St. John-at-Hackney. Refrigerated
accommodation for 15 bodies is provided and there is a large, well equipped
Post-Mortem Room as well as a combined Chapel/Viewing Room. The Mortuary
Keeper resides in a lodge attached to the premises.
Since 1956 this Mortuary has received bodies from the boroughs of Hackney, Stoke Newington, Bethnal Green and Shoreditch and the cost of the Mortuary is borne on a population basis by the four authorities.
| H ackney residents | Shore-ditch resi den ts | Bethnal Green residents | Stoke Newington resi dents | Residents of other areas | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of bodies received | 357 | 53 | 71 | 78 | 107 | 666 |
| (i) to await burial | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| (ii) to await most-mortem examination | 350 | 52 | 66 | 77 | 105 | 650 |
| Cause of death certified by Coroner | 315 | 49 | 64 | 73 | 91 | 592 |
| Number of inquest cases | 35 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 58 |
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) ACT, 1953
SECTION 17 (Sampling of trade effluents) Trade effluent samples to the
number of 100 were submitted to the Scientific Branch of the Public Health
Department of the London County Council who undertake the analyses at a: cost to
the Borough Council of £1 per sample: fourteen of these samples were reported
on as being unsatisfactory. The occupiers of the premises from which unsatisfactory
samples were obtained were interviewed and advised as to the action
necessary to remedy the unsatisfactory discharge. Copies of the Reports on
the analysis of all samples were sent to the Borough Engineer and Surveyor for
his information and any action he might consider necessary.
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) ACT, 1954
SECTION 12 (Obligation to provide dustbins). Notices requiring the provision
of additional dustbins were served on owners in respect of seven premises,
SECTION 18 (Hairdressers and barbers) Applications for registration received
during the year: -
Persons 10
Premises 9
Inspections of registered premises 125
A total of 161 persons and 134 premises were on the Council's Register at the
end of the year.