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Personal Cleansing Station.
During the year 1954, 229 treatments were given to persons suffering
from, or contacts of, scabies. 79 of these treatments were given to
adults, 116 to school children, and 34 to other children under school age.
In addition to the above, 135 adults and 2,349 children, found to be
verminous, were cleansed. Of the 2,349 children cleansed, 2,260 attended
from local schools by arrangement with the London County Council,
who have entered into a contract with the Battersea Borough Council
for the use of their Personal Cleansing Station. The cleansing and
treatment of the school children is carried out under the supervision
of officers of the London County Council while the disinfestation
of the clothing and (if necessary) of the homes is carried out
concurrently by the Borough Council's sanitary staff.
The homes of all cases of scabies that come to the knowledge
of the Medical Officer of Health are visited by the Council's Sanitary
Inspectors.
The following table shows the number of treatments at the Personal
Cleansing Station and the expenditure incurred since 1906, the year in
which the cleansing of verminous persons was begun: —

*Financial year ending 31st March. Other columns, calendar year.
The contract with the London County Council, referred to above,
Provides for the payment by them of 3s. 6d. for each treatment given.
whether for vermin or for scabies, with a minimum payment of
£500 per annum.