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the end of the year. The visits paid to these during the year numbered 40.
Intimations as to the need for cleanliness were written and duly attended to in
7 instances.
Verminous Houses.
The houses where it was necessary to take measures on account of the
presence of vermin numbered 98, and in connection with these some 164
rooms were dealt with during the year, sanitary notices being served where
necessary. A number of these premises were found as a result of reports
received from the School Authorities concerning children in a verminous
condition.
During the year the homes of some 50 children, 28 boys and 22 girls,
notified as verminous by the School Medical Officer, were reported with a
view to the homes, bedding, 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. Intimations
were received that 13 boys and 7 girls had been given the opportunity of
being cleansed at these stations, that in the case of 10 boys and 8 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 3 boys and 7 girls legal proceedings were pending for noncompliance
with the requirements of Statutory Notices under this Act. In
2 cases the addresses given were erroneous.
In all the cases reported the homes were visited by the Sanitary Inspectors,
and the following summarizes the results obtained:—In 48 the rooms
occupied were satisfactory, varying from fairly clean to very clean, in 3 they
were dirty, and in 2 also buggy. In 40 the bedding was clean or fairly so, in
4 it was dirty, in 4 verminous. Overcrowding was noticed in two instances.
In six 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 one Sanitary Notice
was served upon the owner and two upon the occupiers for cleansing.
The children reported by the School Authorities as suffering from scabies
numbered 68, of whom 39 were females. As a result of the enquiries made
34 other cases came under observation. As far as practicable steps were
taken to prevent infection spreading.
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1928, Section 28.
Application was made to the Magistrate for the removal of two individuals
to St. Leonard's Hospital under this Section.