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Special Matters dealt with when making the above visits—
Council's property 10
Stables —
Yards 7
Urinals attached to Public Houses 34
Premises for Foster children 33
Premises re vermin 287
Premises re Rats and Mice 1,005
Premises re Water Certificates 64
Certificates of Essentiality 110
Non-effective visits 2,859
Notices served — Intimation (Public Health
(London) Act, 1936) 6,047
Notices served — Statutory (Public Health
(London) Act, 1936) 893
Rent and Mortgage Restrictions Acts, 1920, etc.
Certificates applied for 67
Certificates issued 55
Certificates refused 7
Balance to 1947 5
Clearance Certificates applied for 19
Clearance Certificates granted 11
Clearance Certificates refused 8
Scabies and Vermin.
The treatment of choice for Scabies is still benzyl benzoate which is applied
as a 25 per cent. emulsion. The treatment of verminous heads has been simplified
and made more effective by the use of proprietory preparations in which the active
principal is a 2 per cent. D.D.T. emulsion. This preparation will kill lice effectively
within a very short time, but the nits or eggs are more resistant. However, this
does not make for any practical difficulty since sufficient D.D.T. remains in the
hair for about fourteen days to deal with the nits when they hatch out.

*281 Contacts were given baths.
Scabies Clinic.—A consultant dermatologist is in attendance.
Number of Clinics held 51
Number of cases attended- 490