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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

St Pancras 1910

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]

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Table: Bedfellows also cleansed and disinfested:—

Bedfellows also cleansed and disinfested:—

Vermin.AGES.Total.
15 and over.10—15.5—10.Under 5.
Phthiriasis—Pediculi—Head......23...23
„ —Body...672514322
Scabies—Acari.........99
Total...6727413354

Table: II.—Cleausitig of Dwelling Places and Contents.

II.—Cleausitig of Dwelling Places and Contents.

AKTICLES.Purified.Destroyed.Total.AKTICLES.Purified.Destroyed.Total.
beds10...10Silks.........
Mattresses7...7Satins.........
Palliasses10...10Velvets.........
Bolsters9...9Hatsl...1
Pillows16...16Bonnets.........
Sheets8...8Gloves.........
Blankets5...5Boots and Shoes2...2
Counterpanes9...9Other Leather Goods.........
Wearing Apparel.........Furs.........
Rugs and Mats.........Skin Rugs and Mats.........
Cushions3...3Braces and Garters.........
Carpets.........Other Elastic Goods.........
Covers1...1Toys.........
Curtains.........books.........
Sundries.........Sundries.........

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Note.—Some rooms stripped and cleansed had no contents or none in a condition requiring removal,
and some contents were removed from rooms that did not require to be stripped or cleansed.
THE CLEANSING OF CHILDREN.
The negotiations with the London County Council related in the Annual
Report of last year are still continuing, and the following letter was received
and was before your Council on the 18th January, 1911:—
London County Council,
Education Offices,
Victoria Embankment, W.C.,
22nd December, 1910.
Sir,
Cleansing of Children Infested with Vermin.
With reference to the corrsepondence between the Council and the
Metropolitan Borough Council of St. Pancras on the subject of the cleansing
of children infested with vermin, I am to state that the Council is prepared, as
an experiment for one year, and subject to the subjoined conditions, to enter
into agreement with the Metropolitan Borough Council for the cleansing of
children at the Cleansing Station established by them under the Cleansing of
Persons Act, 1897:—