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24.
PERSONAL CLEANSING.
The arrangement with the Finsbury Borough Council whereby residents
of Shoreditch requiring treatment for Scabies or Vermin are sent to that
Authority's Cleansing Station at Fine Street, was continued throughout
the year.
The numbers of treatments carried out are shown in the following
tables

DISINFECTION AND DISINFESTATION.
The number of disinfections of room after infectious disease was 225.
The number of articles disinfected at the Council's steam disinfector
after infectious disease was 1,630.
The number of rooms sprayed for verminous condition was 636 and the
number of articles treated by steam was 6,980.
In addition to the articles disinfected after infectious disease, etc.,
the Public Health Department carried out disinfection of articles for
private firms in the Borough. Many countries insist upon an accompanying
Certificate of Disinfection as a condition of import of articles such as
clothing, blankets, etc. When required, these articles are disinfected
at the Council's Disinfecting Station and a charge is made according to
bulk or quantity of goods so treated. During the year under review
various goods were disinfected for which charges amounting to £102.15.0
were made as compared with £238.10.0 for the previous year.
ERADICATION OF BED BUGS.
All the families who were rehoused in the Borough Council's new flats
during the year had their furniture and effects disinfested. Furniture
is disinfested by the hydrogen cyanide method by a firm of private contractors
under the supervision of the Health Department. Bedding and soft