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The tipping of demolition material and spoil, reliably thought to
emanate from the London Transport Executive Victoria line tube extension , has
increased the difficulty of collecting articles which have been dumped on open
sites , a practice which has sharply increased during the year when many visits
were made for the purpose of disinfestation before the removal of such articles.
The rooms f furniture and bedding of 123 families being rehoused
by the Borough Council were disinfested.
Personal Cleansing Station
During the year, 26 adults had baths for verminous conditions it
the Personal Cleansing Station , simultaneous disinfection of clothing being .
carried out.
In addition , 3 persons received treatment for Scabies at the
Station. Public Health Inspectors visit and advise in all cases of Scabies
and in those cases where verminous conditions persistently recur.
During the year the mobile bathing equipment for the cleansing,
by consent, of aged persons in their own homes where the persons concerned are
so enfeebled as not to be able to attend at the Personal Cleansing Station was used
on 312 occasions, as compared with 201 during 1961. This is a complicated and
difficult service but one which is most worth while and for which the homebound
and often disabled persons concerned are very thankful.
Laundry Service for Incontinent Persons
The arrangement with Hackney Borough Council for the laurtdering
of articles of bed linen and personal clothing from incontinent persons continued
during the year.