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Mr. G. Streat, Mortuary Keeper and Keeper of the
Coroner's Court, retired on superannuation on the 28th
November after 26 years' service. Mr. W. Newman was
appointed to the position vacated by Mr. Streat on the
23rd November.
Rag Flock Act, 1911.
This Act was passed to prevent the use of material known
as rag flock, unless such material complies with the standard
of cleanliness laid down in the Act.
In Battersea the stuffing of bedding and furniture is
carried on at 12 workshops. Rag flock is used at only 2 of
these premises.
The 10 remaining workshops are now using cotton flock,
which is manufactured from raw cotton. No proceedings
under the Act were taken during the year.
Personal Cleansing Station.
During 1921, 4,607 children and 340 adults were cleansed
at the Personal Cleansing Station, Sheepcote Lane. Of the
total children who attended, 946 were suffering from scabies,
the remainder were verminous. These children attended from
the public elementary schools in the Borough, by arrangement
with the London County Council, who have entered into
a contract with the Borough Council for the use of their
Personal Cleansing Station. The treatment and cleansing of
the children is carried out under the supervision of officers
of the staff of the London County Council Public Health
Department, while the disinfection of the clothing and of the
homes is dealt with by the Council's Sanitary Staff.
Plans and estimates for the erection of a new Personal
Cleansing Station were approved by the Council in 1920, with
a view to the provision of more suitable arrangements for the
carrying out of this important work. The London County
Council were asked to increase their contribution, owing to
the extra cost involved by the erection of the new station, and
a deputation consisting of members of the Finance and Health
Committees of the Borough Council attended before a Committee
of the London County Council on the 3rd of June in
support of their request. A reply to the request of the deputation
was received from the Committee that, while agreeing
as to the need for a new cleansing station, they were of
opinion that the financial stringency rendered it undesirable
to incur the expenditure that would thus be involved, and in
any event they could not ask the County Council to contribute
towards the cost, and suggesting that the Borough
Council should continue the work with the existing facilities,
and should renew their application at a more favourable time.