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Action taken
in the homes
by local
authorities.
Report of the County Medical Officer—Education. 121
This number is an increase of 1,099, or 2.6 per cent., when compared with the number for last
year. Tae increase, in the main, is accounted for by the fact that two additional stations have been
opened.

Although the number of children examined increased by nearly 60,000, or approximately 7 per
cent., the number of children found verminous decreased by 1,542, or 5 per cent. The revision of the
scheme mentioned in the report for 1913, limiting the opportunities for voluntary cleansings in cases where
there was persistent negligence was responsible for the increase in the number of statutory notices.
In last year's report it was pointed out that the cleansing stations were not capable of dealing with
all the London schools. Facilities have not hitherto been provided in connection with the areas
contiguous to the county boundary, where owing to the scattered distribution of schools, the number
of children estimated to require cleansing did not appear to justify the expense of establishing a
station. The matter has, however, received the consideration of a committee of the Council, and it is
now proposed to utilise two ambulances, which have been placed at the disposal of the public health
department, to convey children to the nearest cleansing station. The children, when cleansed will
return by means of public conveyances to the nearest point to their schools. By this means it is hoped
to bring all schools within the scope of the cleansing scheme. In the annexed map B, the areas which
it is proposed to deal with by means of the ambulance service are indicated by cross-hatching.

Council General Powers Act, Part 4.
The following table shows the number of notices issued
during 1913 and the action taken by the local authority.
Analysis of action taken in the homes.
Borough.
No. of
notifications
sent.
Total
number of
homes
visited.
Home visite and
no necessity
reported to
exist for
disinfecting
rooms or bedoing.
Home in
which
rows or
bedding or
both were
disinfected.
Notice
served.
No
action
taken.
No
report.
Battersea
743
558
451
38
69
...
4
Bermondsey
884
659
521
136
...
2
Bethnal-green
941
700
277
7
293
3
120
Camberwell
1,067
817
727
69
21
...
...
Chelsea
140
112
91
11
10
...
...
City of London
24
12
9
3
...
...
...
Deptford
600
428
401
18
9
...
...
Finsbury
1,145
34
31
1
2
...
...
Fulham
575
442
313
76
36
...
18
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