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were printed and sent to common lodging houses, clergymen, doctors, and the Poor Law
Guardians.
On 11th October, 1906, the following letter was received from the Medical Officer,
Education Department of the London County Council: —
A scheme for cleansing the heads of children attending the schools under the
supervision of the Council has been in operation for some considerable time. There is
now little difficulty in regard to the heads, but we find children attending school with
verminous bodies and clothing. The following scheme has been applied in several districts
with marked success:—
The nurse visits the schools, examines the children and notes the names and
addresses of all who are unfit to be in school owing to their verminous condition. In some
cases the names and addresses are forwarded to the Medical Officers of Health, whose
inspectors call at the homes and leave a copy of card (No. 1). In other cases the Medical
Officers of Health furnish me with a supply of cards (No. 2) which the head teachers send
to the parents.
I shall be glad to know whether you would be willing to co-operate if this scheme
were put in force in your district, and if so, what methods you would like to adopt.
A reply was sent to the effect that a females' bath had been erected under the Cleansing
of Persons Act, and doubtless the Council would make some arrangements whereby children
could be cleansed in that bath.
It was decided a temporary trial should be made. Under this scheme 331 children were
cleansed, 123 of which were males and 208 females. A good warm bath was given in each case,
and in the case of vermin in the head a 2 per cent, solution of lysol very soon got rid of them.
Their wearing apparel was put through the disinfector. In connection with these baths 2,249
articles of apparel were disinfected during the year under report. No doubt a great deal of good
was done, but for a systematic cleansing of school children the accommodation is insufficient.
There would require for instance to be a proper waiting room, and an attendant or two if the
children were to be sent in in any large number. We are at present going on with this work,
but I understand the London County Council is considering some large scheme for carrying
this out.
Inspections.
In Table XII. of Appendix will be found particulars of the general sanitary work by the
District Inspectors during 1907, and in Table IX. the number of premises on the Registers to
which special attention has been paid.
The house-to-house inspections number 6600. This is 1580 above the total for the
previous year, and is an average of 802 per Inspector (exclusive of Mr. Thomas' inspections),
against 558 in 1906.
The number of reinspections was 28874, against 27229 in 1906.
4098 intimation notices were served, compared with 3547, and 1147 statutories, against
1089 in the previous year.
Offensive Matter.
Two summonses were taken out under the London County Council's bye-laws for
carriage of offensive matter through streets in unsuitable receptacles and during prohibited
hours, particulars of which are given in appended table :—
Date of offence.
Offence.
Result of prosecution.
Name and address.
1907.
10th September
Carriage of offensive matter
during prohibited hours.
Fine 5s.; costs 2s.
Ambrose Wilson,
49, Glaucus Street,
Devons Road, Bromley.
Fine 5s.; costs 2s.
In unsuitable receptacle.
Do.
Offensive Trades.
The offensive trades on the Register are as follow:—
Tripe boiler
1
Glue and size makers
4
Fellmongers
3
Fat melters
4
Manure manufacturer
1
135 inspections were made, against 336 in 1906, and 6 notices served.
Mr. Ball, on behalf of Messrs. B. Young & Co., made an application to the London
County Council in the early half of 1907 to allow their premises in Dunlop Place to be enlarged.
In making this application he pointed out that as a matter of fact they had abandoned a
considerable piece of ground which was included in the plan of the premises originally licensed,
and that the piece of ground they proposed to take in was much smaller than this but
in a more convenient place for erecting a shed in which it was intended to store only finished
products.
The matter was referred to the Public Health Committee and we reported that as
a matter of fact the alteration would be an improvement. It was thought that the best