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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
176 rooms were disinfected with sulphur in consequence of
their verminous condition and 31 lots of verminous bedding disinfected.
During the year, at the request of the Military Authorities,
4,899 articles of clothing and bedding were disinfected and 35
rooms sprayed on account of having been exposed to infection,
and 17,666 articles in consequence of their verminous condition.
The approximate cost of working and maintaining the Disinfecting
Station during the past year, including the cost of
disinfectants used in fumigating and cleansing rooms, was
£1,464 os. 3d.
The number of lots of bedding stoved was 1,729.
Cost per lot of bedding 16s. 10d.
Cleansing of Persons Act.
The names of 107 children, 17 belonging to Clapham, five to
Putney, 11 to Streatham, 24 to Tooting, and 50 to Wandsworth,
stated to be in a verminous condition, were forwarded to me by
the Medical Officer, Education Department, London County
Council, and the homes were visited by the Inspectors. In the
majority of cases it was stated that only the heads of the children
were verminous, but in a few cases the body and clothing were stated
to be also verminous.
These children were cleansed by the officials of the London
County Council at the Cleansing Station under the supervision of
that Authority.
51 adults had-baths after being in contact with cases of infectious
diseases, and 59 on account of their verminous condition.