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[b) The London County Council be informed that this Authority have
no objection to the proposed attendan e of the school nurses with
the children at the personal cleansing station, provided that the
necessary visits of the children at intervals of not longer than three
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days is maintained.
The County Council's Committee, however, stated, in reply, that they
could not see their way to advise the variation of the condition of the
proposed agreement, inasmuch as they were of opinion that the interval of
three days between the days of cleansing is insufficient to enable their nurses
to issue a certificate that the cleansing has been effected.
Your Council had considered this matter on the 1st March, 1911, and stated
that thev still held that the interval of cleansing' fo • each child should not be
longer that three days, in order that the child may be effectively freed from
vermin, as if this regular attendance is not insisted upon nits will be formed
and developed, and this succession of events might continue indefinitely.
With a view to meeting the point raised as to the issue of a certificate that
the cleansing has been effected, this Authority informed the County Council's
Committee that arrangements could be made for the Borough Council's
Cleansing Station Attendant to issue certificates stating (1) the day a child
attends at the station for cleansing; (2) the day, or days, that it is necessary for
the child to again attend for cleansing; and (3) the final certificate upon the
completion of the cleansing, stating that the child has been effectively cleansed.
A letter was then received from the Education Department of the County
Council stating that the Council's Committee are still of opinion that the
interval of three days between the dates of cleansing proposed by the Borough
Council is insufficient to enable the nurses to certify whether or not the
clean-ing has been effected, and regretting that they are, therefore, unable to
vary the terms of the draft Agreement.
The importance of the three days interval is vital, as unless it is insisted
upon the cleansing of the children will be indefinitely prolonged, with the
added risk of infecting other children ; and, further, the loss of the prospect
of diminishing and stamping out the amount of vermin prevalent, and of
reducing the expenditure upon the freeing of children from vermin, will
follow.
Your Council considered that the views of this Authority in the matter
should be personally placed before the London County Council's Committee,
and, therefore, resolved on 10th May, 1911, that the Committee of the London
County Council dealing with the matter be asked to receive a Deputation
consisting of the Chairman and Deputy-Chairman of this Committee
(Councillors C. Williams and G. Blount) and the Medical Officer of Health,
to lay before them this Authority's views on the subject.
With regard to the Certificate given by the Attendant at the Childrens'
Baths, which has been in use for some years past, the following is a copy, and
it appears to cover all the points desired:—