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Southwark 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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VERMINOUS PERSONS CLEANSED DURING 1914.
During the year 2755 persons were cleansed at the station in King
James Street, as against 2.604 persons cleansed during the year 1913.
Under our agreement with the London County Council, 2,662 children
were cleansed, as against 2,532 cleansed during 1913. It was found necessary
in a large number of cases to treat the children twice and sometimes
three or four times before they were found to be effectually cleansed.
Many of the children treated were suffering from Scabies. In every
case the treatment at our Station was thoroughly efficacious, and no
recurrence of the trouble was experienced.
93 adults sent from the various common lodging houses and other
places in our borough were cleansed during the year, as against 72
dealt with under the provisions of the Cleansing of Persons Act, 1897,
in 1913.