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Cleansing Station.—The Borough Council's agreement with
the London County Council to supply the necessary accommodation
and equipment for the bathing and cleansing of verminous school
children was continued during the year. Under the London County
Council scheme the work of cleansing is supervised by a school
nurse, who devotes all school sessions to this work.
Statement of the activities of the year is as follows :—
Cases of Impetigo 914
Cases of Nitty and Verminous heads and bodies 1,627
Cases of Scabies 563
MORTUARY ACCOMMODATION.
Under Section 234 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, every
Sanitary Authority is required to provide and maintain mortuary
accommodation for the reception of bodies found dead or upon which
an inquest is to be held.
The old mortuary building, situated in St. Mary's Churchyard,
which was out of date and unsuitable for modern requirements, was
demolished consequent upon the erection of the new Municipal
Buildings, and the Council entered into an agreement with the
Hackney Borough Council for the use of the Hackney Mortuary for
a period of three years at a cost of £120 per annum.