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Their homes are then visited by the sanitary inspectors, and
notices for cleansing are served on the occupiers where the
premises are dirty and verminous. The parents are offered steam
disinfection for the verminous bedding and clothing, and sulphur
fumigation for the rooms.
The number of children notified in 1914 was 944. The
number of homes found clean on the first visit was 87
per cent. This confirms the view that, while the presence of head
lice or body lice discovered in school children may suggest the
presence of bugs in the home, the association is not a close one.
Of the rest, 106 tenements were dirty or verminous.
Ninety of the addresses were inaccurate. In 44 cases the
tenements were disinfected by the Borough Council.
Of the 106 dirty or verminous homes, the walls and ceilings of
all were dirty and verminous. The bedding in 85 homes was
very much fouled, the bedding in 71 was very verminous. In
31 instances the bugs had invaded the wall picture frames.
Underground Rooms.—In six instances underground rooms
were found to be separately occupied in contravention of the provisions
of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, Section 96.
Notices were served and the illegal occupations were discontinued.
Stable Dwellings—The stable dwellings remaining in the
Borough are given in the following list. They are all frequently
inspected.