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During 1924, 2009 disinfections of houses or parts of houses were
carried out, together with their contents, while, in addition, all infested
articles of clothing, etc, were suitably dealt with.
Four cleansings of adults and 910 cleansings of children were
carried out by the Council's Attendant, and whilst this was in progress
their clothes were thoroughly disinfected by being passed through the
disinfecting apparatus.
In my Annual Report for 1923, a reference was made on page 45
to a special effort which was made by the Department to render more
effective the work of cleansing, undertaken at the Borough Council's
Cleansing Station. The effort then made did not meet with much
immediate success; no less than 21, of the 45 families who were
approached definitely, refused to attend for cleansing, in some instances
a denial being made of the conditions complained of.
During 1924, another effort was made in the direction of encouraging
persons who desired to rid themselves of vermin to attend
at the Cleansing Station. It was thought that possibly some parents
of verminous children might not bo aware of the free facilities available;
and, accordingly, in the case of every family where scholars were
reported for the first time to be verminous, a special invitation was
sent, drawing attention to the help which we were willing to afford.
The invitation was in the following terms:—
" Dear Madam,
Private and Confidential.
It has been reported to me that has attended
at the Borough Council's Bathing Station for Cleansing.
I am writing to inform you that the Bathing Station will be
available for any other members of your family (including children
under school age), should you desire them to attend there, and if
the need unfortunately exists.
If you wish to use the Bathing Station, which is available on
any Tuesday or Thursday, and will let me know which of the days is
most convenient to you, and whether you will attend in the morning
or the afternoon, I will arrange for the Bathing Station to be put
at your disposal. No charge will be made for these services.
The Bathing Station is entered from the Railway Passage,
leading from Finchley Road (North London Railway Station) to
West End Lane.