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notified as verminous were not excluded from the schools, pending cleansing,
and the Committee directed a communication be addressed to the
London County Council urging that such children be excluded from the
school until cleansing had been effected, and that if such children, after
exclusion, presented themselves at the schools without being cleansed,
they should be dealt with under the compulsory powers conferred on the
London County Council under Section 30 of the London County Council
(General Powers) Act, 1907, or Section 122 of the Children's Act, 1908.
The following is the correspondence which passed upon the subject: —
Public Health Offices,
Bow Road.
22nd September, 1910.
Dear Sir,
Re Verminous Children (Schools).
I may add that Miss Tattersall informs me that in the large
majority of these cases reported by you the children continue to
attend school. Would it not be better if these children were
excluded from attending school, and then if the parents refused to
have the children's clothing disinfested and their bodies bathed
proceedings could be instituted ?
Yours faithfully,
(Signed) FREDK. WM. ALEXANDER,
Medical Officer of Health.
James Kerr, Esq.,
Medical Officer (Education),
London County Council,
Victoria Embankment, W.C.
London County Council,
Education Offices,
Victoria Embankment, W.C.
29th September, 1910.
Dear Sir,
With reference to your letter of the 22nd instant, I have to
state that we are forwarding the names and addresses of all children
found to be in attendance at schools in your Borough with
verminous bodies and clothing, as requested in your letter of the
21st July last. The question of the cleansing of these children is
still under the consideration of the Council and as soon as arrange-