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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 4l
No. of treatments given 4l
Scabies No cases occurred amongst school children.
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1953
Section 43 empowers the Council to cleanse an aged
person, on the application or with the consent of that person,
at his home address. No case arose, however, where it was
necessary for such action to be taken.
PUBLIC HEALTH STATION
On four occasions during the year a party of nurses
from one of the Hospital Preliminary Training Schools attended
at the Public Health Station for a lecture and demonstration by
Mrs. Speechley, Sanitary Inspector, and the staff of the Public
Health Station. The subjects dealt with included disinfection
and disinfestation, the cleansing and bathing of verminous
persons, the notification and investigation of infectious disease.
The number of student nurses at the lectures varied from 9 to 25.
DISINFECTION AND DISINFESTATION
The following is a record of the work carried out by
the Disinfecting Staff during 1955
No* of calls by borough van 3,706
No. of articles passed through steam chamber 4,06l
No. of rooms disinfested after vermin 317
No. of rooms disinfected after infectious disease 280
Requests for the disinfection of articles of clothing
for despatch abroad continued, and during the year l62 parcels
were disinfected at the request of l42 senders.
Many complaints were received of nuisance caused by
wasps nests, and in no less than 28 instances the disinfectors
were able to destroy the nests.
STAFF MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS
106 examinations were undertaken as follows:-