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3. — The London County Council will endeavour to obtain the attendance
of children at intervals of not more than three days, provided that in
cases under Statutory Notice the intervals shall be determined by the
necessities of the legal procedure.
4.—If it is necessary that a child's hair should be cut in order that the
child may be properly cleansed in accordance with a statutory Notice
given by the Council, under Section 122 of the Children Act, 1908,
the School Nurse or other qualified person, on behalf of the Council,
shall cut such hair previous to the cleansing.
5.—The Borough Council will provide sufficient and competent assistants
for the purpose of effecting the cleansing of children under this
Agreement, the cleansing of girls to be effected by women only.
6.—The cleansing station shall, during the continuance of this Agreement,
be kept entirely separate from any premises used by the Borough
Council for the isolation of suspected cases of infectious disease
contacts.
7.—The Council will pay to the Borough Council in respect of each child
cleansed under this Agreement the sum of 2s., such payment of 2s.
in respect of each child to cover a period of one calendar month from
the date upon which the first cleansing takes place and within the
period specified if shall be irrespective of the number of baths
required before a child can be regarded as cleansed.
8.—The Borough Council will render quarterly accounts to the Council in
respect of the payments to be made by the Council under this Agreement
and for the purpose of verifying the amounts payable by the
Council will produce for the inspection of the Council's Officers such
vouchers, books, and other documents as may reasonably be required.
9.—The Agreement shall remain in force for one year from the date hereof
provided always that if the parties hereto shall so agr e by memorandum
in writing under the hands of the Clerk of the Council and the
Town Clerk of the Borough Council the Agreemeet may be renewed
upon the terms stated in such memorandum.
THE CLEANSING OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
Infants' Departments.
On the 21st December, 1910, your Council, upon the recommendation of
your Public Health Committee, resolved—"That the London County Council
be urged to give directions for the washing out of the Infants' Departments of
their schools once a week instead of once in three weeks."
At the Conference of Metropolitan Cities and Boroughs on matters relating
to Public Health, convened by the London County Council, at Spring Gardens,
on Thursday, (ith April, 1911, it was resolved—"That the cleansing of
Infants' Departments and of the furniture, lower walls, and floors thereof,
shall take place once a week."
On the 22nd November, 1911, a report was made by the Medical Officer
of Health on the cleansing of schools, when attention was called to the large