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Directions.
The child's clothing being removed should be placed for
ten minutes in boiling water or exposed to steam at the
same temperature, and then thoroughly dried and brushed ;
in the meantime the child should be well washed over with
soft soap and water and then given a hot bath; by these
means the vermin and their eggs will be destroyed. Should
you not have convenience at home for doing this 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 Aet reads :—(Here follows
Section 122).
April, 1910.
Arrangement with the London County Council for the
Cleansing of School Children infested with Vermin.
In March the Public Health and Housing Committee directed the
London County Council Education Committee be informed that the
exclusive use of baths at the existing cleansing station would be available
between 9 a.m. and 12 noon for the cleansing, under the London County
Council (General Powers) Act, and the Children's Act, of 12 verminous
school children at a fee of 2s. for each bath, including disinfection of
clothing. The Borough Council approved the action of the Committee.
The Public Health and Housing Committee considered the reference
back to them by the Council of their proposal with reference to the terms
on which the Council should undertake the cleansing of verminous school
children.
The following letter embodied the terms proposed by the London
County Council Education Committee, viz.:—
London County Council.
Education Offices,
Victoria Embankment, W.C.
4th May, 1910.
Sir,
Cleansing of Children infested with Vermin.
The Appropriate Committee of the Council have again had