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SECTION 26 (Compensation for stopping employment to prevent spread of
disease). if with a view to preventing the spread of-
(a) a notifiable infectious disease; or
(b) a disease as respects which provision is for the time being made
in the borough in or by virtue of regulations made under section
143 of the Public Health Act, 1936; or
(c) a disease to which subsection (1) of section 23 of the Food and
Drugs Act 1955 applies;
a medical officer of health for a borough requests in writing a person to
discontinue his employment the borough council may if they think fit compensate
such person for any loss occasioned by his compliance with the request
LITTER ACT, 1958
No action was taken by this Department under this Act which makes it an
offence to leave litter out of doors in any place to which the public is
allowed right of access without payment, or to throw down or drop litter
from such a place, on to private land or into a garden
LAND CHARGES ACT, 1925
Enquiries by prospective purchasers of property as to outstanding
sanitary and other notices, orders or charges were dealt with in respect
of 2,774 premises.
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT, 1948
SECTION 50 (Burial or cremation of the dead). This section places upon
the sanitary authority an obligation to cause to be buried or cremated the
body of any person who has died or been found dead in their area, in any
case where it appears to the authority that no suitable arrangements for
the disposal of the body have been or are being made otherwise than by the
authority.
Number of burials carried out 40
Number of such burials referred by the Hackney Group (No. 6)
Hospital Management Committee 14
Total cost of burials £463 12s.9d
Full cost reclaimed (from liable relatives, death grants,
deceased persons' estates and Hospital Management Committee) 33
Part cost recovered (from liable relatives, death grants,
deceased persons' estates and other sources) 4
Full cost of burial borne by the Borough Council 3