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DISINFECTION AND DISINFESTATION.
The following is a record of the work carried out by the Disinfecting
Staff during 1951:-
Number of houses or parts of houses and contents disinfected 665
Number of verminous rooms disinfested 309
Number of steam chamber operations 1,962
Number of calls by borough van 4,037
Number of rooms disinfected after I.D 356
CLEANSING AND DISINFECTION OF VERMINOUS
PERSONS AND THEIR BELONGINGS.
The following cleansings and medicinal baths were carried out at
the Borough Council Cleansing Centre, during the year, where 14 adults
and 18 children received treatment:-
Verminous conditions:-
Adults 11
Children under 5 6
Children over 5 11
Scabies:-
Adults 11
Children under 5 -
Children over 5 26
During the year, 309 verminous rooms in 174 houses were cleansed
and freed from vermin.
16 cases of scabies were notified during the year. These were
investigated by the Sanitary Inspectors and, where necessary, treatment
arranged at the Public Health Station.
During the year, the following treatments were carried out at the
Centre on behalf of the London County Council:-
Verminous conditions:-
No. of school children treated 128
No. of treatments given 132
No. of pre-school children treated
No. of treatments given
Scabies:-
No. of school children treated 8
No. of treatments given 17
No. of pre-school children treated -
No. of treatments given
The annual number of cases of scabies notified since the war is
as follows:-
1945 196
1946 197
1947 88
1948 36
1949 24
1950 24
1951 16