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Of the verminous persons cleansed, 415 were children of school
ages, and 2 were adults.
In addition to the disinfection of rooms on account of the
notified infectious diseases, 163 were fumigated on account of
vermin, 26 on account of consumption, and 19 on account of
cancer.
During the year the Borough Council continued its agreement
with the Education Department of the London County Council to
bathe and cleanse verminous school children.
On receiving application from the London County Council,
the Borough Council, desirous of extending the utility of its
Cleansing Station to school children attending elementary schools
on the borders of Stoke Newington and within easy access of the
Cleansing Station, decided that in addition to providing for the
cleansing of verminous school children attending the elementary
schools within the Borough, it was prepared to undertake the
cleansing of children attending the Newington Green School, the
Hindle Street, High Street (Hackney), and St. Jude's Schools
(Islington), subject to the undertaking that in no one week are
more than 20 children to be dealt with.
The Shelter has been maintained during the year. The
Borough Council is under a statutory obligation to maintain this
provision, and in the event of an epidemic of certain diseases, it.
will prove a useful auxiliary means of checking the spread.
The Shelter was never quite suitable for the purpose, and as
it became increasingly difficult to adequately deal with the dilapidations
of the old premises so used, the Council decided during the
year to provide more suitable accommodation.
NOTES UPON SANITARY WORK PERFORMED
DURING THE YEAR 1913.
It will be seen from the accompanying Report of the Chief
Sanitary Inspector that a large amount of sanitary work has been
performed during the year; 4,369 premises were inspected for conditions
injurious or dangerous to health, and insanitary conditions
varying in their nature from slight to very grave were discovered