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THE SHELTER.
During the year 1907 there were 188 persons admitted to the
Shelter while their homes were being disinfected. This total
consisted of 42 men, 54 women, and 92 children, showing an
increase of 74 persons compared with the number admitted during
the year 1906. The cost for maintenance of the above during last
year was £23 16s. l.9d. Tbe average period of stay in the shelter
was 2.1 days.
The table on page 77 gives further particulars concerning these
contacts.
No expenses were incurred in the conveyance of persons to and
from the shelter during 1907.
CLEANSING OF PERSONS ACT, 1897.
During the year 1907 the facilities for cleansing provided by the
Borough Council under the above Act were utilised to a greater
extent than during the last. The total number of persons bathed
and cleansed during that year was 458. This is an excess of 128
on the number for 1906.