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I append figures showing the numbers dealt, with during
the year.
School Children—
Scabies 105
Impetigo 33
Verminous Cases 2,438
Adults—
Scabies 13
Impetigo —
Verminous Cases 69
Children under School age—
Verminous Cases 6
Scabies 2
The County Council pay the sum of two shillings in respect
of each child cleansed, except in cases of scabies or impetigo
in which case the payment is at the rate of 1s. for each
bath given.
The amounts received from the London County Council
during the year was £243 16s. 0d. in respect of cleansings
and £6 18s. 0d. in respect of scabies cases and impetigo.
DISINFECTION.
The following table shows the amount of disinfection
carried out by your Council during the year; all bedding
and articles of clothing, &c., being removed to the Council's
Disinfecting Station, for the purpose of disinfection.
Beds 423
Mattresses 603
Pillows 1,603
Bolsters 408
Blankets 1,758
Sheets 892
Quilts 755
Articles of Clothing 2,604
Sundries 381
Total 9,427
Rooms 954
Tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis.—Two hundred and seventy-eight cases of
tuberculosis were reported during the year; two hundred and
ten of which were Pulmonary and sixty-eight being other
forms of Tuberculosis, against two hundred and sixty-five
cases in the previous year.