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numbers of children to be brought to for cleansing or
any other purpose. Your Committee further suggested
that bathing centres available for groups of
schools, or bathing accommodation in connection
with individual schools was a much more suitable
suggestion than the proposal to utilise disinfecting
stations for the purpose of bathing and cleansing
these children.
Borough of Bethnal Green Necessitous Children's
Fund, and Lady Mayoress' God's Poor Fund.
Upon application from the Committee of the
above Funds, the Public Health Committee consented
to assistance being rendered by the staff of the
Department to both Funds during the year 1909-1910.
Many hundreds of investigations were carried out
and reported to the Committees concerned, and in the
result over 750 pairs of boots, and other assistance,
were distributed under the former Fund, and over 680
families were relieved with grants of meat, coal,
bread, milk, etc., from the Lady Mayoress' Fund.
The only staff changes throughout the year were staff,
as follows:—Inspector Jones who had been in charge
of combined drainage works and sanitary requirements
of new buildings since his appointment in