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ance for some of the cases treated at home was
provided at the expense of the Thorough Council by
the Shoreditch and Bethnal Green District Nursing
Association. (See the table on page 28.)
VERMINOUS CONDITIONS.
351 children reported to me from the Elementary
Schools as being infested with body-lice were visited.
In every case advice as to treatment of the clothing
and bedding was given and disinfestation was offered.
However, in only 3 cases was advantage taken of the
offer of such disinfestation.
Twenty-one men suffering from body-lice were
cleansed at the Disinfecting Station and their clothing
disinfested.
SCABIES OR ITCH.
187 children suffering from this disease were
visited after being excluded from the Elementary
Schools. In only 17 instances was disinfestation of
the clothing and bedding permitted.
PUERPERAL FEVER.
Ten cases of this disease were notified, and in
three cases death resulted. Six of the cases were
reported from the London Hospital or the Bethnal
Green Hospital. These cases were, generally speaking,
patients who had undergone prolonged or difficult
labour in their homes previous to removal to the
institution, and the infective condition resulting was