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venereal disease.
The London County Council is the Authority responsible for the provision
of facilities for the diagnosis and treatment of venereal disease
and special clinics are held in various hospitals. The hospital for Chelsea
residents is St. George's Hospital.
arrangements for disinfection and
tion and the extent of their use.
The Borough Council maintains a Disinfecting and Cleansing Station
situated at 9a, Lots Road, Chelsea, adjoining the river.
Disinfection.—The disinfecting staff numbers three. A steam disinfector
is provided. An appropriate motor vehicle is utilised for the
conveyance of infected and disinfected articles to and from the Disinfecting
Station.
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. Seventy such disinfections were carried out during
the year, the total charges amounting to £42 lis. Od.
The following Table No. 36 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 purposes of enabling such dwellings to be disinfected.
No family was accommodated at the shelter during the year.
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