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II.—Cleansing of Dicelling Places and Contents.
(a) Number of rooms infested with vermin caused to be stripped and cleansed, 302.

Note.—Some rooms stripped and cleansed had 110 contents or none in a condition requiring removal,
and some contents were removed from rooms that did not require to be stripped and cleansed.
THE CLEANSING OF CHILDREN.
During the year the baths were used by 1,764 adults (males, 1,691 ;
females, 73). The children bathed numbered 2,369. Bedfellows of children
to the number of 397 were also cleansed. The addresses given by the male
adults included Rowton Houses, 261 ; common lodging houses, 1,056 ; and
347 stated that they had slept in the open on the night previous to making
application.
The children resorting to the baths from the schools in the Borough have
received a considerable amount of attention during the year, and numerous
visits have been paid to their homes by the Woman Inspector.
The statutory powers of the Council for dealing with the cleansing of
verminous persons are briefly as follows: —