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Report of Lady Inspector (Miss Tattersall)
Public Health Department,
31st December, 1912.
To the Medical Officer of Health.
Sir,—
I beg to present my thirteenth Annual Report which deals with
the work done in factories, workshops, among outworkers, and other
miscellaneous inspections during the year 1912.
Verminous Children, Phthisis and Scabies.
A large proportion of time has again been devoted to the inspection
of the homes of children reported as attending school in a verminous
condition. In many cases there is a great improvement but there will
probably always be a number of children who are neglected and dirty,
and a family of this description can easily infect a whole school. The
prosecutions instituted by the L.C.C. (Education Department) have had
a beneficial effect.
The homes of children suffering from scabies (itch) have also been
visited, leaflets left, advice given and frequently disinfection of bedding
carried out.
I have had under observation the homes of tuberculous patients
attending the dispensary especially where shelters, bedsteads or bedding
have been lent by the Committee.
Inspection of Schools.
The sanitary accommodation for the girls and infants in the 36
elementary schools in the Borough have been inspected and various
defects remedied or reported to the London County Council (Education
Department).