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Number of patients treated, 63 persons.
Classified as: —
Pre-school age children 5
School age children 36
Adults 22
Number of baths given, 204.
Louse Infestation
Special attention has been given by the health visitors to the
inspection of children under five for infestation with lice. Few
cases of heavy infestation have been reported, and in all cases
lethane hair dressing has been supplied and has given very satisfactory
results. Owing to the difficulty mothers have encountered
in obtaining suitable combs, a number were bought and lent to
the mothers. Infestation is usually present in several members
of the household, and the desirability of both school children and
pre-school children and adults being under one authority is
obvious. Some of the more serious cases of infestation in children
under five years were found at the day nurseries where children's
heads are examined each day on admission.
A nurse appointed as a full-time cleansing attendant has been
employed not only in the cleansing of cases at the Western Road
Cleansing Station, but has attended families in their own homes,
where she has inspected the whole family and has given or supervised
their treatment.
Most of the cases treated at the cleansing station are referred
by the School Medical Staff.
The following table gives a summary of the work done during
the year at the Western Road Cleansing Station: —
Number of patients treated, 70.
Classified as: —
Pre-school age children —
School age children 67
Adults 3
Number of treatments given, 255.