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4,064 children (1.904 boys and 2,160 girls) belonging to the Borough
and 365 children (173 boys and 192 girls) outside the Borough were
bathed and their clothes disinfested.
Miss Tattersall made 94 visits in connection with verminous
(not itch) school children—38 Poplar, 40 Bromley, and 16 Bow.
Cleansing of Verminous Rooms, see page 97.
Itch Cases.
The itch cases are included in the verminous cases.
Miss Tattersall made 530 visits in connection with children suffering
from itch—148 Poplar, 244 Bromley, and 138 Bow.
CLEANSING OF PERSONS ACT, 1897.
During the year 159 persons (123 men and 36 women) (including
79 from Common Lodging Houses—see below) had applied for baths
and for their clothes to be disinfested. Since the notices were posted
throughout the Borough, a total of 6.148 persons, exclusive of nonresidents,
had applied for baths, etc., as mentioned above.
VERMINOUS PERSONS IN COMMON LODGING
HOUSES, LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (GENERAL
POWERS) ACT, 1907.
Number of Persons Cleansed Within and Without Borough
from Common Lodging Houses.
The following number of persons from Common Lodging Houses
within and without the Borough of Poplar were cleansed at the Council's
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