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opinion would be amusing if the circumstances were not so grave. Instead
of a diminution of the sanitary staff being required we need an increase of
it. I sometimes think it cannot be understood how little the sanitary
staff costs the Borough. When everything is totalled up, the expenses of
the whole staff of the Public Health Department are defrayed by a rate of
a penny in the £, which I think no one can call other than extremely
reasonable.
During the year a large number of verminous school children have
been cleansed. In every case the homes were visited and the bedding
and rooms, where necessary, cleansed and fumigated. Our bathing
station is an insignificant one in size, but it is capable of getting through
a great amount of work. The staff is capable of dealing readily with 30
children a day.

The Registrar General's estimate of the population of the Borough
at the middle of 1909 was 211,125.