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Arrangement with the London County Council for the
Cleansing of School Children infested with Vermin.
The Agreement with the London County Council for the Cleansing,
at the Borough Council's cleansing station, of verminous school children,
expired on the 31st July, and the London County Council suggested its
renewal for a period of three years. The County Council agreed to the
amendments suggested by the Borough Council, viz., that the payment
of two shillings for each child cleansed should include any necessary
cleansing during one month from the date of the first cleansing, and that
the clause requiring treatment of the home in each case as a condition
of payment be omitted. The Public Health and Housing Committee
recommended the Council that the Seal of the Council be affixed to
Agreement with the London County Council for the cleansing of verminous
school children during a period of three years.
CLEANSING OF PERSONS ACT, 1897.
The Council is empowered by the Cleansing of Persons Act, 1897,
to give any person applying, on the ground that he is infested with
vermin, free use of any apparatus for cleansing his person and clothing,
and may expend any reasonable sum on buildings, appliances and
attendants for this purpose. Provision was made in 1905 for cleansing
verminous persons.
During the year 378 persons (including 309 from Common Lodging
Houses—see below) had applied for baths and for their clothes to be
disinfested. Since the notices were posted throughout the Borough, a
total of 5,066 persons had applied for baths, etc., as mentioned above.
VERMINOUS PERSONS IN COMMON LODGING
HOUSES, LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (GENERAL
POWERS) ACT, 1907.
Number of Persons Cleansed Within and Without Borough from
Common Lodging Houses; Agreement with the London County
Council to Bath Inmates from Common Lodging Houses from
without the Borough of Poplar.