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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Disinfection.
The total number of rooms disinfected after the occurrence
of cases of infectious disease was 3,387:—476 in Clapham, 276
in Putney, 550 in Balham, 518 in Streatham, 465 in Tooting, and
1,102 in Wandsworth.
Three public and three private elementary schools were also
disinfected for infectious diseases.
Cleansing of Persons Act.
The names of 104 children, 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 73 cases the body and clothing also were
said to be verminous.
These children were cleansed by the officials of the London
County Council at the Cleansing Station under the supervision of
that Authority.
20 adults were given baths at the Council's Disinfecting
Station on account of suffering from Scabies.
Flies and Mosquitoes.
During the summer months certain ponds, streams and
areas of stagnant water were treated by spraying with paraffin,
with the object of destroying the larvse of mosquitoes. Owners
of land abutting on the River Wandle co-operated in this work
by cutting down rank vegetation which overhung the banks of
the River and favoured the breeding of these insects.
Chloride of lime was used for sprinkling horse manure in
order to destroy the larvae and pupse of flies. A total of £10 15s. 9d.
was spent in materials used in work of this nature.
The work in connection with the eradication of crickets at
the Council's Destructor referred to in last year's Report was
continued during the year and large numbers of these insects
were destroyed. As a result of this work a great improvement
has been effected.