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of their rooms. The sprayers were lent on 208 occasions
during the year, as compared with 240 last year, and
522 in 1930.
Verminous Conditions.
Sixty-six 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 23 cases disinfection of some kind was
accepted.
Rooms were disinfested of vermin in 338 cases.
Scabies or Itch.
Eighty-seven children suffering from this disease
were visited after being excluded from the Elementary
Schools. In 72 instances disinfestation of the clothing
and bedding was accepted. In addition, 14 cases of
Scabies were reported by the London Hospital, one by
the Mildmay Mission Hospital, and one by a private
doctor ; and in all but 3 of these cases the bedding
was disinfected. Sixty-one 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 men had 308 baths and their
clothing was disinfected for vermin, and 93 men, 56
women and 8 young children had treatment with sulphur
ointment, in addition to baths and disinfection, on a
total of 216 occasions, for Scabies.