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Disinfection in connection with the notifiable infectious diseases is
carried out free of charge. Applications for special disinfection, not
associated with the notifiable infectious diseases, are considered, and,
if the work of the Department permits it, are carried out at the expense
of the applicant. Sixty-three such disinfections were carried out in
1926, the total charges amounting to £34 4s. Od.

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, one family was 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.