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This disease is not compulsory notifiable in Hampstead, unless
associated with pneumonia.
50 deaths attributed to Influenza as follows:—
5 and 15 and 25 and 45 and 65 and 75 and
under 15. under 25. under 45. under 65. under 75. upwards. All ages.
Males 1 1 — 9 2 3 16
Females 1 1 3 9 10 10 34
Cancer.
A reference to the action of the Borough Council in connection
with this disease will be found in Section 1 of this Report under the
sub-heading of Vital Statistics.
Cleansing and Disinfection of Verminous Persons and their
Belongings.
Cleansing of Persons Act, 1897, and Children Act, 1908,
Sec. 122.
The Cleansing Station is situate in a small cottage devoted
entirely to this purpose in the Electricity Yard, Lithos Road. The
cottage is away from all public thoroughfares; but a small railway
footpath runs past the door. It consists of three rooms, two downstairs
and one upstairs, with a lavatory on each floor, and was
originally built as an Isolation Station.
Four cleansings of adults and 1,063 cleansings of children were
carried out by the Council's Attendant at the Cleansing Station during the
year, and, whilst this was in progress, their clothing was thoroughly
disinfected by being passed through the disinfecting apparatus.
During the year, as a result of the action of the Sanitary Inspectors,
36 verminous rooms in 26 houses were cleansed and freed
from vermin.
In addition, the Council's disinfectors disinfected 19 verminous
rooms, 8 articles of clothing and 6 beds.
By the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1922,
Sections 59 and 105 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, were
extended to, and applied to, the provision of means for removing,
cleansing and destroying articles, and cleansing houses under the Act
of 1922, and Sanitary Authorities in London are thereby empowered to
insist upon the cleansing or destruction of filthy, &c., or verminous
articles, and the cleaning of houses infested with vermin.