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children under five in Wimbledon has always been high.
It has been the practice of the health visitors, who also combine
the duties of school nurses, to pay particular attention to the
homes of school children whose heads have been found to be dirty,
and where there are children under the age of five years in such
homes their condition of cleanliness is closely supervised in so far as
the co-operation of the parents can be obtained. In most cases the
health visitors are successful in obtaining the good will and assistance
of the parents.
A supply of steel fine-tooth combs is kept at the Health Centre
and these are available for sale or on loan. A number of parents
have taken advantage of these facilities. Where it has been considered
advisable Lethane hair oil (384-"Special") has been used and
a supply of this preparation is always kept at the Health Centre.
The supervision of the hair of adolescent girls residing in a
house where children have been found with dirty heads, is a much
more difficult problem. The need for advising these adolescent girls
is constantly kept in mind by the health visitors, and where the
mother and girls were receptive every assistance has been given.