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The Council on the 17th March approved the Public Health and
Housing Committee's suggestion to the London County Council that the
fee for each child cleansed should be 2s. for each attendance at the
cleansing station. The Committee on the 23rd June recommended the
Council that the cleansing of verminous school children be undertaken on
the terms stated, subject to the condition that if a child, after cleansing,
does not again attend at the cleansing station within a fortnight, any
further cleansing of such child shall be paid for as a fresh case.
On the 3rd January, 1911, the Committee considered a letter from
the London County Council stating that Council is prepared, as an
experiment for one year, to enter into an agreement with the Borough
Council for the cleansing of school children infested with vermin subject
to the following conditions, viz. :—
1. The place of treatment of children shall be entirely distinct
from any establishment used for the isolation of suspected cases
of infectious disease contacts.
2. The exclusive use of the baths for the cleansing of children
shall be allowed on certain days.
3. The cleansing station shall be in a convenient position,
and the children must be efficiently supervised with female
attendants for the treatment of the girls.
4. A payment at the rate of 2s. per child shall be made to
the Borough Council in respect of the cleansing of children infested
with vermin ; the payment shall cover a period to the end of the
calendar month subsequent to that in which the Srst cleansing
takes place, and within the period specified it shall be irrespective
of the number of baths required before a child can be regarded as
cleansed.
5. This scheme shall be subject to the Metropolitan Borough
Councils undertaking, where necessary, to deal with the homes of
the children cleansed.
The Committee reported to the Council on the 19th January, 1911 :—
" It is anticipated the new cleansing station at Bromley depot
will be completed within two months, when it will be practicable
to comply fully with the condition that the place shall be distinct
from the infectious diseases shelter.
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