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During both types of survey, vermin were found on 383 occasions,
representing 1.09% of the total number of examinations.
The number of individual pupils found to be verminous was 263
or 0.56% of the school roll of 46,682. On 313 occasions the
parents or children, or both, were advised about treatment and
in many cases were given Lorexane shampoo for home treatment.
On a further 70 occasions pupils were referred to bathing centres
for appropriate treatment.
The work done at the two bathing centres in the Borough in
connection with vermin, scabies and impetigo is shown in the
following table. A "case" is a child discharged after a course
of treatment (e.g. a child attending three courses of treatment
during the year counts as three cases). These figures include not
only schoolchildren referred after a health survey, but also those
attending on their own initiative.
Vermin
Cases treated 212
Total attendances 236
Scabies
Cases treated 106
Total attendances 256
Impetigo
Cases treated 2