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VERMINOUS PERSONS CLEANSED DURING 1920.
During the year 2,341 persons were cleansed at the station in King
James Street. Under onr agreement with the London County Council,
2,202 children were cleansed. It was found necessary in a large number
of cases to treat the children twice and sometimes three or four times
before they were found to be effectually cleansed
Many of the children treated were suffering from Scabies. In every
case the treatment at our Station was thoroughly efficacious, and no
recurrence of the trouble was experienced.
139 adults sent from the various common lodging houses and other
places in our borough were cleansed during the year, as against 131
dealt with under the provisions of the Cleansing of Persons Act, 1897,
in 1919.