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possible, to provide one or two new sanatoriums for early adult
cases, and to refer to a Committee the desirability of purchasing
the Mount Vernon Hospital.
ACUTE POLIO-MYELITIS AND CEREBRO-SPINAL
FEVER.
These two diseases, which had previously been made compulsorily
notifiable by many Local Authorities, were required to
be generally notified by a General Order of the Local Government
Board, which took effect on September 1st, 1912. The reasons
for making these diseases compulsorily notifiable were discussed
at length in my Annual Report for 1912. Gerebro-spinal fever is
by far the more fatal of the two. No case of these diseases was
notified in the Borough during 1914.
THE DISINFECTING AND CLEANSING STATION.
During the year ending December 31st, 1914, the following
disinfecting and cleansing work was performed at the station: —
Total number of textile articles disinfected 20,450
Total number of books from Public Library disinfected
233
Total number of verminous persons cleansed 375
Of the verminous persons cleansed, 374 were children of
school ages, and 1 was an adult.
In addition to the disinfection of rooms on account of the
notified infectious diseases, 195 were fumigated on account of
vermin, 30 on account of consumption, and 23 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