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Southwark 1918
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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Cleansing of Verminous Rooms and their Contents.
During the year 1918 the number of verminous rooms with the
bedding and other articles cleansed and disinfected in accordance with
the requirements of Sections 19.21 of the London County Council
(General Powers) Act, 1904, has increased in comparison with 1917.
I append a table shewing the number of notices served upon the
owners or occupiers of the several premises in question, and the number
of verminous rooms stripped and cleansed by the owners, and fumigated
by the Council's disinfecting staff, respectively. I also submit tables
showing the number of verminous rooms stripped by the Council's staff,
and articles dealt with at the disinfecting stations.
These 983 Children received 8,578 baths during 1918.
| Name of School. | Verminous. | Scabious. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys. | Girls | Boys. | Girls. | Total. | |
| Addington street | — | 5 | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| All Saints' | — | 7 | 11 | 4 | 22 |
| Archbishop Sumner | — | — | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Blackfriars | — | 5 | 16 | 9 | 30 |
| Beresford street | — | — | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Christchurch | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| Crampton street | — | — | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| English Martyrs | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| Faunce street | — | — | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Flint street | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| Heygate street | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 4 |
| Holy Trinity | — | — | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Harper street | — | — | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| Hatfield street | 5 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 36 |
| Holland street | — | 20 | 7 | 4 | 31 |
| Johanna street | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 31 |
| John Ruskin | 4 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 17 |
| King and Queen street | 14 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 44 |
| Lollard street | — | 8 | 30 | 17 | 55 |
| Lant street | 9 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 43 |
| Mina road | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| Michael Faraday | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Orange street | — | 17 | 8 | 4 | 29 |
| Penrose street | — | — | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Pocock street | 7 | 45 | 31 | 21 | 104 |
| Rockingham street | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 19 |
| St. George's R. C. | — | — | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| St. George's, Earl street | — | 2 | 8 | 4 | 14 |
| Sayer street | 5 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 33 |
| St. Saviour's | — | — | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Carried forward | 60 | 168 | 247 | 183 | 658 |
*Note:—These 870 rooms were stripped by the owners.