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" The conditions appear to be reasonable and have been in the
main already approved by the Council."
The Committee recommended the Council that the arrangement with
the London County Council for the cleansing of school children infested
with vermin, on the conditions stated, be approved, and an agreement
sealed in due course.
Arrangements with London County Council for the
Cleansing of Verminous Inmates of Common
Lodging-houses.
Under Section 37 of the London County Council (General Powers)
Act, 1907, the London County Council may, by its Medical Officer or any
person authorised by him, examine the persons and clothing of inmates of
common lodging houses, and if such authorised person is of opinion that
the person or clothing of an inmate is infested with vermin or is in a foul
or filthy condition, he may give to such inmate notice in writing to submit
his person and clothing, within twenty-four hours, to be cleaned, in suitable
premises and with suitable appliances, to be specified. If such notice is
not complied with the inmate may be taken to the premises specified and
detained until the necessary cleansing is effected.
In March the London County Council inquired whether the Borough
Council would be prepared to cleanse any person of common lodging
houses in the Borough if sent by the County Council, and also whether
the Borough Council would be prepared to enter into an arrangement for
cleansing inmates from common lodging houses in a neighbouring Borough
if sent by the County Council.
In view of the fact that the Council has established, under the
Verminous Persons Act, accommodation for cleansing verminous persons
who apply voluntarily, and that such accommodation will be sufficient for
other cases, the Public Health and Housing Committee directed the
London County Council be informed cases sent by them from common
lodging houses in the Borough would be dealt with at a charge of 2s. per
head, and that cases from an adjoining Borough would also be dealt with
on the same terms, subject to limitation or discontinuance if found to
interfere unduly with the proper working of the cleansing station. The
Council approved the action of the Committee.
In December, the Public Health and Housing Committee had under
further consideration the question of the cleansing of verminous inmates of