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SCABIES.
In order to give persons at work on opportunity of
receiving treatment at the Council's Cleansing Station, arrangements
were made for the Station to be open on two evenings per week
(Mondays and Tuesdays) until 9.30 p.m. In view of the few persons
who took advantage of this service it was reduced to one evening
per week (Tuesdays).
The following-up of school children suffering from Scabies
is now carried out by the Borough Council's staff instead of the
London County Council School Nurses.
The number of treatments, given during the year at the
Cleansing Station was 7,150
Adults 1,793; Males 827; Females 966.
Children 5,357: "2665; " 2692.
428 premises and 134,482 articles were disinfected.
PUBLIC EDUCATION IN HEALTH.
186 lectures were given, the attendances totalling 9,461.