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school children. Cases of body lice on adults have been almost confined
to men from lodging houses and elderly persons who have neglected
themselves.
These cases have been dealt with in the cleansing station in the
Health Centre: in the last five years there has been little variation
in the extent to which it has been used.
The station has been available to the London County Council in
the mornings, in continuation of arrangements suitably modified made
in 1938 for the treatment of school children.
At other times it has been operated for other Finsbury residents
under the supervision of a trained nurse who also visits the homes
when this is necessary.
Arrangements were made in 1949 for cases from Shoreditch to be
similarly treated on behalf of that Borough Council and these have
been continued.
Body lice have been dealt with by means of a hot bath during
which the clothing is steam disinfected and then powdered with D.D.T.
Head lice have been dealt with by the usual methods of washing
and combing the hair together with the use of Suleo, a preparation
containing D.D.T.
Scabies has been treated by painting the body after a hot bath
with Benzyl Benzoate on the first attendance followed by a further hot
bath on the next day and the application of calamine lotion. The
clothes are not normally disinfected. Scarcely any recurrences have
taken place.
Vermin
Scabies
Total
Total number of treatments given to Finsbury cases
(other than School children) 74 40 114
Total number of treatments given to Shoreditch cases
(other than School children) 10 25 35
Total number of treatments given to School children
(all the School children treated were
not resident in Finsbury: a proportion
being from adjacent boroughs) 693 195 888
Total number of Home Visits paid Nil