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Homeworkers' Premises.
Number of Inspections 405
„ Cases referred to District Inspectors 24
Miscellaneous.
Total number of houses visited re Phthisis, Measles,
Whooping-cough, and Zymotic Enteritis 346
Visits paid for various causes, complaints, etc. 379
„ ,, Verminous and dirty houses and bedding 755
Re-visits—estimated 1000
Cases where bedding was found to be in a dirty and
verminous condition, and cleansed 222
Total number of cases referred to District Inspectors 114
„ Dustbins—notices served 35
„ Accumulations of refuse removed 12
„ Early morning inspections 11
„ Overcrowding—cases found and abated 39
Notices served on tenants re dirty conditions 270
Notices served on Landlords to cleanse 69
„ ,, ,, and tenants—various 127
51. Miss Middlebrooke gives details of her work as
follows:—
The work connected with the cleansing of verminous
children and their homes is still on the increase, but
is easier to cope with owing to the fact that the
London County Council Education Department,
during the latter part of the year, organized their
new cleansing scheme and placed their part of the
work on a more definite and businesslike basis,
instead of the rather informal methods which had
been in use hitherto. A Special Nurse was