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Southwark 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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Verminous Persons Cleansed during 1910.
During the year 1910, 714 persons were cleansed at the Bathing
Station in King James Street, as against 2,435 persons during the year
1909. Of this number 600 were children sent from the various schools
of the Londcn County Council, as against 2,324 children cleansed in 1909.
An arrangement has been under consideration whereby the London
County Council would pay the Borough Council a fee of 2s. for each
child cleansed at the Station, the cleansing operation to be repeated if
the first treatment was found to have not been efficacious.
113 adults applied under the provisions of the Cleansing of Persons
Act, 1897, as against 111 so applying in 1909.
TABLE 41.
Showing the Number and Sex of Verminous Children cleansed at the Council s Station during 1910, and the Schools from which
they were sent.
| Name of School. | Male. | Female. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archbishop Temple | 2 | — | 2 |
| Beresford street | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Boundary lane | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| Christchurch | 7 | 12 | 19 |
| Crampton street | 22 | 14 | 36 |
| Faunce street | 11 | 9 | 20 |
| Flint street | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Harper street | - | 3 | 3 |
| Hatfield street | 26 | 33 | 59 |
| Holland street | 1 | 13 | 14 |
| Jewish, Hey gate street | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| Johanna street | 2 | - | 2 |
| John Ruskin | 8 | 12 | 20 |
| King and Queen street | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Laxon street | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Leipsic road | 1 | — | 1 |
| Carried forward | 104 | 111 | 215 |