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CLEANSING INMATES OF COMMON LODGING-HOUSES.
The London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1907, by section 37,
provision is made enabling tbe Medical Officer of the London County Council
to enforce the cleansing of the person and clothing of the inmates of common
lodging- houses; section 38 enables the London County Council and any
sanitary authorities to make and carry into effect agreements and arrangements
for the purpose of cleansing the persons and clothing in the afore-mentioned
cases, and section 40 empowers the London County Council to make regulations
with respect to the mode of carrying into effect the provisions of the
above sections.
The County Council inquired whether the St. Pancras Metropolitan Borough
Council would be prepared to cleanse any persons from common lodging-houses
in the Borough if sent by the County Council; and whether, in the event of
the Council of a neighbouring Metropolitan Borough not having made proper
provision, the St. Pancras Metropolitan Borough Council would be prepared to
enter into an arrangement for the cleansing of inmates from common lodginghouses
in that neighbouring borough if sent by the County Council.
It was considered that such facilities should be given, and the County
Council were informed that this authority would be prepared to cleanse any
persons sent from common lodging-houses in the borough, and, so far as is
found to be possible, those who may be sent from neighbouring boroughs, at a
charge of 6d. per person for attendance. The final acceptance of this offer has
not yet been received.