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now constitute quite a model provision of its kind for a small
population.
It is regrettable that there is a very general public prejudice
against entering such shelters, except in the circumstance of a grave
epidemic, for there are many cases each year in which it would be
our duty to take action to compel the use of the Shelter if we
possessed the necessary legal powers.
HOUSEHOLD REFUSE.
We are always impressing the householders of the necessity for
confining domestic refuse within a well-covered dustbin, and yet
in our "Model Borough" the same householders can daily witness
our failure to practice what we preach. Our old, over-filled and
uncovered dust-carts of Stoke Newington are a reproach, and there
should be no delay in securing a prompt remedy of the nuisance
and bad object-lesson which result.
VERMINOUS CHILDREN.
During 1921-25 the Borough Council continued its agreement
with the Education Department of the London County Council to
afford facilities for the bathing and cleansing of verminous school
children, and many hundreds of such children have been dealt with.
The facilities for cleansing proving increasingly unsatisfactory,
a new Station has been provided, and this is now meeting the needs
very well indeed.
NURSING SERVICES IN THE BOROUGH.
Stoke Newington is fairly well provided with Nursing assistance.
The Victoria Memorial Nurse has been maintained by voluntary
contributions collected in the Borough since the death of Queen
Victoria. These services for the past few years have been supplied
by Nurse Ross, a Ranyard Nurse, in a manner which has given the
greatest satisfaction to all concerned.