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117
Cleansing of Verminous Persons.
Late in the year it came to the knowledge of your Medical
Officer that the County Council had under consideration the
question of the cleansing of school children infested with
vermin, their Committee having provisionally agreed upon
the general outline of the following scheme for the treatment
of children throughout London :—
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
tinct 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 attendance 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 a child can be regarded as
cleansed, should be arranged throughout London.
6. That this scheme be subject to the Borough Councils
undertaking, where necessary, to deal with the homes
for the children cleansed.
Your Medical Officer considered that the upper flat of the
shelter which is never used—and has a separate entrance, and
is totally distinct from the lower flat, and has an entirely
different entrance into the street without going into the disinfecting
yard—might be used for the purpose.