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During the year the drainage system at the Disinfecting Station was
overhauled and new sanitary fittings of approved type installed where
necessary.
The following Table No. 39 shows the work done by the disinfecting
staff during the year.

Infectious Disease Shelter. Under the Public Health (London) Act,
1891, Section 60 (4), temporary house accommodation with necessary
attendance is provided by the Borough Council free of charge at 9a, Lots
Road, for families in which cases of dangerous infectious disease have
appeared, and who have been compelled to leave their dwellings for the
purposes of enabling such dwellings to be disinfected.
During the year, six families were accommodated at the shelter.
Disinfestation. A female cleansing attendant is employed by the
Borough Council in connection with the work of the Cleansing Station.
In 1922, the London County Council entered into an arrangement
with the Borough Council for the use of the Station on specified days
during the school year for the purpose of cleansing the heads of verminous
school children. Under the L.C.C. Scheme, the work of cleansing is
supervised by the school nurses, who also make all arrangements for the
attendances of the children. The children cleansed are those attending
schools situated west of a line running down the centre of Sydney Street
and Oakley Street. The Borough Council receives payment from the
London County Council at the rate of 2s. per child attendance.
During 1925, the Station was opened for the entire day on 66 occasions.
The following Table No. 40 shows the number of attendances in each
quarter:—