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Verminous Conditions.
One hundred and nineteen children were reported
from the L.C.C. Cleansing Station as being infested
with vermin. in every case advice as to the treatment
of the clothing and bedding was given and disinfestation
by steam was offered. in 5i cases disinfection
of some kind was accepted.
Rooms were disinfested of vermin in 376 cases.
Scabies or itch.
Forty-nine children suffering from this disease were
visited after being excluded from the Elementary
Schools. in 45 instances disinfestation of the clothing
and bedding was accepted. in addition, i2 cases of
Scabies were reported by the London Hospital, and in
all but one of these cases the bedding was disinfected.
in one other case bedding and clothing was disinfected
at the request of the parents. Twenty-four rooms were
also fumigated after Scabies.
Personal Cleansing Station.
The Personal Cleansing Station is becoming better
known to the public as part of the Council's considered
scheme for the destruction of insect pests, although
it has been little used by women. The baths are
available for women on Wednesdays, when a woman
attendant is engaged, the other days being allocated to
men. During the year 476 men and 5 women had
baths and their clothing disinfected for vermin, and
i30 men, 9 women and i young child had treatment
with sulphur ointment, in addition to baths and disinfection
for Scabies.