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Report of the County Medical Officer—Education.
In the annual report for 1912 a diagrammatic scheme was published, but it has been found
necessary to revise this scheme in certain minor respects. The modifications are shown below, the
portions omitted being underlined and additions printed in italics.
There are now 22 stations for the cleansing of verminous children, 18 of which belong to
borough councils with whom the Council has entered into agreements. The total number of stations
originally authorised was 23, but the committee of St. Cecilia's House equipped a station in
Whitechapel and an agreement was concluded with them. Negotiations to secure the co-operation of
the borough councils of Bethnal Green and Lambeth were fruitless, and the Council has acquired in
these districts premises which are undergoing the process of adaptation. There will ultimately be
24 cleansing stations, six established by the Council and 18 by other authorities. The sanitary
authorities with whom agreements exist are Battersea, Bermondsey, Camberwell, Deptford, Greenwich,
Hackney, Hampstead, Islington, Kensington, City of London, Poplar, St. Marylebone, St. Pancras,
Southwark, Stoke Newington, Westminster, Woolwich. Each station serves an area approximately
of a mile radius. The Corporation of the City of London which provides for the cleansing of
children free of cost to the Council at first only undertook to deal with children residing within its
area, but during the year consented to cleanse children attending schools within the City.
The areas served by the stations to a radius of one mile are shown in the accompanying map,
and are shaded to indicate the nature of the provision made (see diagram D).
The total number of examinations made by the nurses under the scheme was 858,691 and
29.903 children were found to be verminous: of these 15.241 were cleansed bv the parents.

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