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the new powers conferred upon the Council. Before making any
definite arrangements to put the Act into force it is necessary that
the Council should obtain the fullest possible information as to the
extent of the provision already existing: the method of disinfection
of verminous clothing and of dealing with a verminous condition of the
hair: the arrangements in regard to the supervision by the cleansing
staff: and the facilities which the Metropolitan Borough Council
would be prepared to afford the Council in the matter. I am therefore
to say that the Council will be obliged if the Poplar Metropolitan
Borough Council will at the earliest possible moment favour the
Council with information on the points just referred to, and will
indicate also what facilities can be afforded to the Council in its
administration of the sections of the Act in question.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
G. L. GOMME,
Clerk to the Council.
The Town Clerk of the
Metropolitan Borough of Poplar.
There are four baths, provided in connection with the Shelter, at
Bromley Depot, and adjacent to the Disinfecting Station, which are
also used for persons making application under the Cleansing of Persons
Act. The use of these baths, with all necessary materials, might, the
Committee thought, be placed at the disposal of the London County
Council for the purposes required, so far as such baths are not needed for
the purposes for which they were provided.
The Public Health and Housing Committee were of opinion school
children requiring to be cleansed should be attended to at these baths by
the parents or by a person appointed by the London County Council.
Clothing might at the same time be disinfected by the Borough Council's
staff at the Disinfecting Station.
These facilities, at times to be arranged with the Medical Officer,
should, the Committee thought, be sufficient until the actual requirements
had been ascertained by experience.
The Public Health and Housing Committee communicated with the
London County Council to this effect.