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Rag and Bone Dealers.
Some 14 premises to which bye-laws under Section 9 of the London
County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908, apply, were on the Register at
the end of the year. The visits paid to these during the year numbered 33.
Intimations as to the need for cleanliness were written and duly attended to in
4 instances.
Verminous Houses.
The houses where it was necessary to take measures on account of the
presence of vermin numbered 72, and in connection with these some 123
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 21 children, 10 boys and 11 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 6 boys and 10 girls had been given the opportunity of
being cleansed at these stations, that in the case of 3 boys 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 1 boy
and 1 girl legal proceedings were pending for non-compliance with the requirements
of Statutory Notices under this Act. In one case a child was
stated by its mother to be incontinent and was advised to seek medical advice.
In all the cases reported the homes were visited by the Sanitary Inspectors,
and the following summarizes the results obtained : In 16 the rooms
occupied were satisfactory, varying from fairly clean to very clean, in 5 they
were dirty. In 16 the bedding was clean or fairlv so, and in 5 verminous.
In two of the homes evidence of poverty was marked. No evidence of lice was
found in connection with any of the homes.
The children reported by the School Authorities as suffering from scabies
numbered 46, of whom 27 were females. As a result of the enquiries made
8 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 one individual
to St. Leonard's Hospital under this Section.
Schools.
The sanitary condition of the Public Elementary Schools in the Borough,
twenty-five in number, is satisfactory.