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CLEANSING OF CHILDREN.
The London County Council's cleansing station in
Sedlescombe Road has been in operation since January
16th, 1912, and up to December 31st there were 1608
attendances of children requiring cleansing. The names
and addresses of 608 children were forwarded to the
Public Health Department, whose homes were visited
by your Sanitary Inspectors, and if found verminous
cleansed under the powers given by the London County
Council's (General Powers) Act, 1904, the bedding, etc.,
being disinfected at the Council's disinfecting station.
SCHOOL MEDICAL TREATMENT CENTRE.
Under an agreement entered into by the London
County Council with a Committee representing the
medical practitioners in the Borough a centre was opened
at the end of October at 18, Bagley's Lane, for the medical
treatment of school children suffering from affections of
the eye, ear, nose and throat, and from minor ailments
requiring the services of a nurse working under the
instructions of a doctor, such as skin diseases, external
eye diseases, and discharging ears.
The agreement provided for the treatment yearly of
440 eye (refraction) cases, 880 ear, nose, and throat
cases, requiring operation, and 1,100 cases of minor
ailments.
A dental treatment centre for school children with
defective teeth has also been established on the same
premises.