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(2) If any such inmate fails to comply with such notice within the
prescribed time the medical officer or properly appointed person may
cause the person and clothing of the inmate to be properly cleansed in
suitable premises and detain such person until the cleansing is effected.
(3) Any person obstructing the entry of the medical officer or person
appointed into any common lodging house or any person refusing to be
examined or to be cleansed or refusing to allow his clothing to be cleansed
shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding 40s.
(4) In relation to common lodging houses the Corporation of the
City of London the medical officer of that body shall have the like powers
as the medical officer aforesaid.
Sec. 38.—The Council and any sanitary authority may make and
carry into effect any arrangements and agreements for or with respect to
the cleansing of the person or clothing of any person and for the use by
the Council of any premises or appliances.
Sec. 39.—Examination or cleansing of females only to be effected by
a properly qualified medical practitioner or by a female person.
Sec. 40.—(1) Council may make regulations with respect to the mode
of carrying into effect the provisions of this part of this Act.
(2) No such regulations to come into force unless submitted to and
confirmed by the Local Government Board.
The London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1904.
Part IV. Sanitary.
Section 19 deals with the purification of filthy, dangerous, or unwholesome
articles, and Section 20 deals with the cleansing of houses
infested with vermin.
The Cleansing of Persons Act, 1897.
Permits Local authorities to provide cleansing and disinfection for
persons infested with vermin.