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Southwark 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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70
Verminous Persons Cleansed during 1908.
During the year 1908 1,641 persons. were cleansed at the Bathing
Station in King James Street. Of this number 39 were adults applying
to be cleansed under the provisions of the Cleansing of Persons Act, 1897.
1,602 children were sent from the various schools in the district. I append
a table showing the number of children cleansed, and the school from
which they were sent.
A complete account of our method of dealing with verminous persons
was given in my report for last year.
| Name of School, | M. _ | F. | Total | Name of School. | M. | F. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Saints | 22 | 10 | _ 32 | Brought forward | 360 | 407 | 767 |
| Belvedere place | 9 | 24 | 33 | Paragon | 32 | 25 | 57 |
| Beresford street | 1 | — | 1 | Penrose street | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Blue (St. Saviour's) | 5 | 7 | 12 | Pocock street | 42 | 20 | 62 |
| Boundary lane | 4 | — | 4 | Riley street | 5 | — | 5 |
| Brents court | 5 | 2 | 7 | Rockingham street | 13 | 12 | 25 |
| Brown (Newcomen street | 2 | 7 | 9 | St. Agnes | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| St. George's R.C. | 5 | 6 | 11 | ||||
| Chaucer | 51 | 94 | 145 | St. George's, Earl st. | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Christchurch | 4 | 2 | 6 | St. John's, Larcom street | 8 | 16 | 24 |
| Crampton street | 2 | 7 | 9 | ||||
| Dockhead | 3 | 4 | 7 | St. Joseph's, Pitman street | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| English Martyrs | 13 | 6 | 19 | ||||
| Faunce street | 2 | 5 | 7 | St. Mary's, Massinger street | 2 | 22 | 24 |
| Flint street | 10 | 5 | 15 | ||||
| Gloucester road | — | 2 | 2 | St. Mary, Newington | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| Harper street | 16 | 10 | 26 | St. Paul's Penton Place and Suther- Iand square | 4 | 13 | 17 |
| Hatfield street | 7 | 31 | 38 | ||||
| Holland street | 13 | 4 | 17 | ||||
| Jewish (Heygate st.) | 4 | 1 | 5 | St. Peter's, Walworth | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| John Buskin | 11 | 14 | 25 | Sandford Row | 40 | 15 | 55 |
| King & Queen street | 34 | 32 | 66 | Sayer street | 66 | 14 | 80 |
| Kirby street | 1 | 1 | 2 | Surrey square | 26 | 1 | 27 |
| Lant street | 6 | 10 | 16 | Snowsfields | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Laxon street | 50 | 29 | 79 | Townsend street | 119 | 57 | 176 |
| Leipsic road | 5 | 2 | 7 | Victory place | 39 | 23 | 62 |
| Marlborough street | 11 | 38 | 49 | Webb street | 24 | 20 | 44 |
| Melior street | — | 1 | 1 | West square | - | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Faraday | 16 | 12 | 28 | Westminster. bridge road | 20 | 17 | 37 |
| Mina road | 3 | 7 | 10 | ||||
| Old Kent rd. (special) | 2 | 5 | 7 | Westmoreland road | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Orange street | 28 | 17 | 45 | Weston street | 38 | 33 | 71 |
| Page's walk | 20 | 18 | 38 | ||||
| Carried forward | 360 | 407 | 767 | Total | 865 | 737 | 1602 |