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City of Westminster 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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in all to 805 articles. Children from the above-mentioned boroughs
treated for similar conditions were as follows: 120 for head lice,
and 14 for scabies. The number of attendances of these children for
baths at the station was 987.
The following table shows the total number of individuals treated at the station for verminous conditions:
Table XIV.
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Table XV.
General disinfection of premises, articles, etc.:—
* Library books, 46 ; private books, 67. School books, 610.
Motor Disinfecting Van.—The motor van during 1932 completed
4,302 miles, carrying 3,249 cwts. of goods. The petrol consumed was
412 gallons, equal to 10.4 miles per gallon.
Coroner's Court and Mortuary.
The Sub-Committee, with the Deputy Mayor, Captain J. F. C. Bennett
as Chairman, and Councillor H. S. E. Vanderpant, Vice-Chairman, set
up in November of 1932, proceeded at once to review the existing establishment
and its organisation and submitted a series of reports with
recommendations to the parent committee throughout the year. The
sub-committee held nine meetings, some of which took place at Horseferry
Road. The parent committee approved all the recommendations
of its sub-committee and as a result structural alterations costing £483
in 1933 were effected.
In the interests of economy it was considered advisable to spread
the expenditure of alterations, etc., over two or three years and the
programme of work, which will include a good deal of maintenance and