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(4) Where any requirement made under this order relates to
a child, the parent or guardian or other person for the
time being having charge of the child shall do all such
things as are necessary for the purpose of securing or
facilitating the fulfilment of the requirement, and shall
comply with any reasonable request or instructions given
for that purpose by or on behalf of the medical officer of
health.
(5) The medical officer of health or other person by whom
premises are inspected in pursuance of this order may
require the occupier of the premises to furnish particulars
of all persons who are or have recently been accommodated
on the premises.
(6) The cleansing of a female under this order shall be carried
out only by a registered medical practitioner, or by a
woman duly authorised by the medical officer of health.
The powers given under the provisions of the above Order are
not related solely to scabies, but extend to verminous conditions
generally since these may lead to similar results.
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Arrangements foe Treatment and Control.
For some time previous to the issue of the above Order and the
accompanying Circular 2517 by the Ministry of Health it had become
apparent that there was a considerable increase in the number of
persons suffering from Scabies. To deal with these, locally improvised
cleansing facilities were adopted at the premises formerly
used as a Fever Hospital. These facilities, however, were of a
makeshift nature ; and as the premises were in use as an A.R.P.
Depot, patients were not afforded the amount of privacy to which
they were entitled.
Arrangements were therefore made for the establishment of a
cleansing station at Ruckholt School. Nurse Jones, formerly a
Staff Nurse at Leyton Isolation Hospital, was put in charge.
Members of the Leyton Civil Defence Casualty Service were trained
to administer treatment under Nurse Jones' supervision. A
circular latter regarding the arrangements was addressed to all
local medical practitioners ; and the new special clinic was in
operation on 1st March.
To begin with the only cases treated were patients certified by
a doctor to have scabies, and those referred by the Council's medical
staff. These cases were seen either at the Town Hall or at the
Council Clinics ; but after a time it was found to be necessary for