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Miss Hartley, the Milk Depot Manageress, was allowed by
the Council, at the request of the Countess of Aberdeen,
on behalf of the Women's National Health Association of
Ireland, to visit Dublin for a few days to superintend the
opening of the new Pasteurized Milk Depot there. The
Dublin Milk Depot has been modelled upon the lines of the
Lambeth Milk Depot.
THE CLEANSING OF VERMINOUS
PERSONS.
Sections 36 and 37 of the L.C.C. General Powers Act,
1907, refer to the cleansing of verminous school children
or occupiers of Common Lodging Houses, separate arrangements
being required for men and women, and also for boys
and girls. When the Act was a Bill these suggested clauses
were opposed by the Borough Council on the ground that
the powers were being sought for by the County Council
instead of being left for the Borough Councils to carry out.
Parliament decided in favour of the County Council, and the
Bill became an Act—the Borough Councils not even being
granted concurrent powers. The County Council then applied
to the Borough Councils to carry out the work for them,
practically putting the expenses upon the Borough, instead
of the County rate. To this suggestion, the Lambeth Council
objected, for the reason mentioned above, and having regard
to the fact that the Common Lodging Houses and the Public
Elementary Schools are both under the jurisdiction and
control of the County Council; and this objection was given
to the County Council in writing on April 3rd, 1908, the
limited accommodation at present at the disposal of the
Borough Council for cleansing in connection with infected
diseases (at Wanless Road and Belvedere Road) being also
pointed out.