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I append figures showing the numbers dealt with during
the year.
School Children—
Scabies 69
Impetigo 98
Verminous Cases 2,486
Other conditions 1
Adults—
Scabies 12
Impetigo —
Verminous Cases 106
Children under School-age—
Scabies 1
The County Council pay the sum of two shillings in respect
of each child cleansed, except in cases of scabies or impetigo
in which case the payment is at the rate of 1s. for each
bath given.
The amounts received from the London County Council
during the year was £248 14s. 0d. in respect of cleansings
and £8 7s. 0d. in respect of scabies cases and impetigo.
DISINFECTION.
The following table shows the amount of disinfection
carried out by your Council during the year; all bedding
and articles of clothing, &c., being removed to the Council's
Disinfecting Station, for the purpose of disinfection.
Beds 462
Mattresses 727
Pillows 1,509
Bolsters 481
Blankets 1,835
Sheets 1,071
Quilts 856
Articles of Clothing 2,734
Sundries 328
Total 9,063
Rooms 1,046
Tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis.—Two hundred and seventy-nine cases of
tuberculosis were reported during the year; two hundred and
twenty-six of which were Pulmonary and fifty-three being