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SCABIES & VERMIN.
The number of attendances at the Council's Cleansing Station
for treatment for Scabies during the year showed a decrease of 50%
below the figure for 1946, while the attendances for the treatment
of verminous conditions showed only a very slight reduction.
Follow-up visits were made by Sanitary inspectors and Health
Visitors to the homes of the persons treated. Small tooth combs
and Lethane Hair Oil were issued at the Council's Infant Welfare
Centres.

Number of articles disinfected by steam 3,080
„ „ „ „ „ formalin 1,009
„ „ books disinfected 288
Beds and mattresses destroyed 107
Miscellaneous goods destroyed 236
Weight of bomb damaged furniture etc. from Council T. c. qr. 1b.
stores destroyed 35 0 0 0
„ „ effects destroyed 1 16 3 14
„ „ hospital dressings destroyed 18 5 0 0
„ „ towels from Council's Baths disinfected 16 5 3 0
„ „ „ „ „ „ washed 4 4 2 7
„ „ blankets from Gordon Road Institution
disinfected 7 19 3 0
" " dead animals destroyed - 3 0 0
" " unsound foods condemned 54 10 0 2