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VERMINOUS PERSONS CLEANSED DURING 1919.
During the year 1,410 persons were cleansed at the station in King
James Street. Under our agreement with the London County Council,
1,279 children were cleansed. It was found necessary in a large number
of cases to treat the children twice and sometimes three or four times
before they were found to be effectually cleansed.
Many of the children treated were suffering from Scabies. In every
case the treatment at our Station was thoroughly efficacious, and no
recurrence of the trouble was experienced.
131 adults sent from the various common lodging houses and other
places in our borough were cleansed during the year, as against 60
dealt with under the provisions of the Cleansing of Persons Act, 1897,
in 1918.