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1909]
SHELTER HOUSE.
I he Shelter House was used for various purposes during the year, among
which were the following:—
1st. To house persons whose homes were undergoing disinfection.
2nd. To cleanse verminous persons in its slipper baths under the
provisions of the Verminous Persons Act.
3rd. To bathe verminous school children.
4th. To bathe and cleanse midwives after attendance on cases of
Puerperal Fever.
Only four families, consisting altogether of 6 persons, used the Shelter
House while their homes were being disinfected.
As many as 1,205 children attending the London County Council Schools
were bathed and cleansed and their clothing disinfected. Many of the children
attended more than once, and are included in the return given below.
Thirty-one persons were cleansed under the Verminous Persons Act, 1897.
Of this number, three were women.
Five midwives were disinfected after attendance on cases of Puerperal
Fever.