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Station on certain days of the week, and payment is made to the
Borough Council in respect of each child cleansed. The work of
cleansing the verminous school children is supervised by one of
the London County Council's Nursing Staff.
I have again to call attention to the unsuitability of the
present Cleansing Station for the purpose for which it is used.
It is small, structurally unsuitable, and otherwise ill-adapted for
carrying on this useful work. The extent to which the facilities
provided by the Council at the existing station are utilised shows
the popularity of the institution, and, notwithstanding the drawbacks
alluded to, very sound and useful work has been accomplished.
The importance of attention to personal hygiene from
the educational and public health standpoint can hardly be overestimated,
and' any encouragement in this direction cannot fail to
produce useful and permanent results.

These results speak for themselves, and I desire to emphasise
the urgent need of providing more adequate and suitable facilities
for carrying on this most desirable work.
The Midwives Act, 1902.
The Midwives Act as regards London is administered by the
London County Council, who are the local Supervising Authority.
The disinfection of the nurses is, however, carried out by the
Borough Council.
In Battersea, one of the tenements at the Reception Shelter
is used for this purpose. The midwife, or monthly nurse, who
has been in attendance on a patient suffering from puerperal fever
or other infectious illness, is required to attend at the Shelter,
and is given a disinfectant bath, her clothing, instruments, &c.,
being at the same time disinfected at the Disinfecting Station
adjoining.