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LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (GENERAL
POWERS) ACT, 1907,* CHILDREN
ACT, 1908,† VERMINOUS CHILDREN
ATTENDING SCHOOLS AND VERMINOUS
PERSONS IN COMMON
LODGING HOUSES.‡
Number of Verminous Children Bathed ; Itch Cases ;
Verminous Children (Schools) ; Cleansing Scheme
(Bodies and Clothing) ; Suggested Mode of Procedure;
Arrangement with the London County Council for
the Cleansing of School Children infested with
Vermin ; Arrangement with the London County
Council for the Cleansing of Verminous Inmates of
Common Lodging Houses.
Number of Verminous Children Bathed.
During the year 99 verminous school children—57 boys and 42 girls—
were bathed and their clothes disinfested.
Itch Cases.
Fourteen children—6 boys and 8 girls—suffering with itch were
bathed, and their clothes disinfested.
Verminous Children (Schools).
The Public Health and Housing Committee considered correspondence
with the London County Council with reference to verminous children in
schools, and the report of Miss Tattersall (Sanitary Inspector), with regard
to her visits to cases notified from the schools. It appeared the children
* See page 293. † See page 295.
‡ Varminous Rooms, London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1904, see page 219.