Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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cleansing, arrangements have been made whereby your child
can be bathed and its clothes cleansed at
on presenting this form between the hours of and
, on
Section 122 of the Children Act reads:—(Here follows
Sec. 122).
(c) The divisional superintendent will inform the school nurse
when the statutory notices are served on the parents, and she, after
24 hours from the time the notice is served, will visit the school,
examine the children, and, if the necessary cleansing has not been
carried out, the nurse will take the children to the cleansing
station.
The nurse will then furnish the medical officer (Education) and
the divisional superintendent with the names and addresses of the
children, with the dates on which they were cleansed by the
Council, and the medical officer (Education) will communicate with
the medical officer of health for the district with a view to dealing
with the homes under the London County Council (General Powers)
Act, 1904, Part IV., and the divisional superintendent will forward
the following notice to the parents :—
London County Council. 5
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Children Act, 1908.—Cleansing of Children.—Warning
to Parents.
To
The Council has been informed that notwithstanding
the previous notice sent to you, the condition of your child
continues to be unsatisfactory. In accordance
with the provision of the Children Act, 1908, steps have
now been taken to remove the child for the purpose of
causing his or her person and clothing to be properly
cleansed.
In the event of it being brought to the notice of the
Council that the person and clothing of your child are again
allowed to become unclean, proceedings will be taken against