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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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[1914
At the request of the Medical Officer of Health of the London County
Council, the homes of 1,332 children were visited and examined for verminous
conditions. Of these requests 780 were forwarded through the Islington
Cleansing Station, and 552 through Cleansing Stations outside the Borough.
In 97 cases notices were served on the parents of children, and in 132 cases on
owners of the houses; in 13 cases bedding and clothing were removed for
disinfection; in two cases for destruction; and in 6 instances the rooms were
fumigated.
Copies of these 1,332 reports were duly forwarded to the London County
Council Education Department.
In 17 cases the London County Council instituted legal proceedings under Section 122 of the Children Act, 1908, and the prosecutions resulted in fines varying from 4s. to 10s., as follows:—
| Amount of fine | 4/- | 5/- | ||
| Number of cases | 1 | 8 |
In the majority of these cases costs were also granted.
No prosecutions have been carried through since the outbreak of war;
indeed, a number of cases in process were withdrawn.
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