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63
CLEANSING OF CHILDREN.
A communication was received from the London County
Council asking whether the Borough Council would be
willing to co-operate with the London County Council in
carrying out a scheme for the cleansing of school children
infested with vermin, on the following lines:—
1. That the cleansing stations provided by the various
Metropolitan Borough Councils should, as far as
possible, be utilised by agreement with the
Borough Councils.
2. That the treatment of children should be entirely
distinct from any establishment used for the
isolation of suspected cases of infectious disease
contacts.
3. That the exclusive use of the baths for the cleansing
of children should be allowed on certain days.
4. That the cleansing station should be in a convenient
position, and that the children should be efficiently
supervised, with female attendants for the
treatment of the girls.
5. That a uniform payment to the Borough Councils
at the rate of 2s. per child, irrespective of the
number of baths required before the child can be
regarded as cleansed, should be arranged throughout
London.
6. That this scheme be subject to the Borough
Council's undertaking, where necessary, to deal
with the homes of the children cleansed.
As the Borough Council have no cleansing station, I
reported to the Public Health Committee respecting the
acquirement of some premises I considered suitable for the
purpose, and the probable cost of the equipment and maintenance;
but the Committee, after considering the matter,