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of the Council of neighbouring Boroughs not having made proper provisions, the
Stepney Council would be prepared to enter into an arrangement for the cleansing
of inmates from lodging-houses in that neighbouring borough, if sent by the Council,
and if so, what arrangements the Borough Council would suggest.
To this letter, the Town Clerk, at the request of (he Public Health Committee
replied that the Public Health Committee would be prepared to recommend the
Borough Council to deal with this matter if satisfactory terms can be arranged.
The Committee called the attention of the County Council to the vacant site
belonging to the Council, which adjoins our disinfecting station and that it appeared
to the Public Health Committee the best method of dealing with this matter would
be by erection of a properly equipped cleansing station on that site.
The Committee reminded the County Council that there is only one bath available
for verminous persons and that this bath is situate in a building which was provided
for the reception of "contacts" with infectious diseases. In the case of a severe
epidemic, it might be necessary, if all the other premises provided by the Council
are occupied, to use the building for its original purpose, when, of course, the bath
would not be available for verminous persons.
After further correspondence, a communication was received in May, 1910,
from the Education Offices of the London County Council, stating that the Committee
had provisionally agreed upon the general outline of the following scheme for the
treatment of children throughout London:—
(1) That the cleansing station provided by the various Metropolitan
Borough Councils should, as far as possible, be utilised by agreement with the
Borough Councils.
(2) That the treatment of children should be entirely distinct from any
establishment used for the isolation of suspected cases of infectious disease
contacts.
(3) That the exclusive use of the baths for the cleansing of children should
be allowed on certain days.
(4) That the cleansing station should be in a convenient position and that
the children should be efficiently supervised with female attendants for the
treatment of the girls.
(5) That a uniform payment to the Borough Councils at the rate of 2s.
per child, irrespective of the number of baths required before a child can be
regarded as cleansed, should be arranged throughout London.
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