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FUR SKIN DRESSERS.
At the end of the year there were two on the Register, one having been removed
therefrom daring the course of the year. They were regularly inspected and some
13 visits were made in connection with them. Two Statutory Notices were served
on account of lime-washing which were duly complied with.
RAG AND BONE DEALERS.
Some 22 premises to which the byelaws under Section 9 of the London County
Council (General Powers) Act, 1908, are applicable were on the Register at the end
of the year. Some 67 visits of inspection were made in connection with them, and
in 13 instances written intimations on account of the need for cleanliness were
required. These were duly attended to.
VERMINOUS HOUSES.
The houses where it was necessary to take measures on account of the presence
of vermin numbered 203, and in connection with them some 319 rooms were dealt
with during the year. Sanitary notices were served where required and the usual
steps were taken. An appreciable number of the premises came under notice through
intimations from the School Authorities respecting children reported as being in a
verminous condition.
During the year the homes of some 323 children, 105 boys and 218 girls, notified
verminous by the School Medical Officer, were reported with a view to the homes,
bidding, etc., where necessary, being dealt with by the Sanitary Authority, whilst
the children were cleaned and their clothing disinfected at the cleansing stations of
the London County Council in the neighbourhood. Intimations were received that
21 boys and 29 girls had been given the opportunity of being cleansed at the cleansing
stations, that in the case of 53 boys and 162 girls Statutory Notices had been served
upon the parents to cleanse the children within 24 hours under Section 122 of the
children's Act, 1908, and that in the cases of 2 girls legal proceedings were pending
for non-compliance with the requirements of Statutory Notices under the Act
mentioned. In some instances the same children were more than once reported and
their homes had to be visited and dealt with accordingly. In 8 cases the addresses
given were erroneous.
In practically all the cases reported the homes were visited by the Sanitary
Inspectors and the following summarises the results obtained :—In 240 the rooms
occupied were satisfactory, varying from fairly clean to very clean, in 16 they were
dirty, and in 1 also buggy. In 266 the bedding was clean or fairly so, in 4 it was dirty,
in 1 dirty and buggy, and in 3 bugs and in 2 fleas were noted. In 6 of the homes
evidence of poverty was marked. No evidence of lice was found in connection with
any of the homes.
Arising out of the visits of the Sanitary Inspectors some nine Sanitary Notices
were served upon owners and one upon the occupier of verminous dwellings. These
were mostly for general repairs and cleansing.