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Lewisham 1968

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]

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Personal Hygiene
The appended table relates to surveys undertaken and also indicates action taken
with verminous cases found as a result of the surveys:

Table: Table 24

Table 24

LEWISHAMI.L.E.A.
1. Comprehensive Surveys
(a) Number examined28,894285,917
(b) Number (occasions) found verminous833,105
(c) Percentage found verminous0.291.09
2. Selective Surveys
(a) Number examined8,562116,716
(b) Number (occasions) found verminous1412,712
(c) Percentage found verminous1.652.32
3. (a) Total times vermin found (1(b)+2(b)2245,817
(b) Total % found verminous [3 (a) as % of 1 (a) + 2 (a)]0.601.44
(c) No. of individual pupils found verminous1744,372
(d) % of individual pupils found verminous (of school roll)0.411.05
4. Action taken with verminous cases
(a) Advice and/or Lorexane1835,001
(b) Further action41816
(c) 4 (b) expressed as a percentage of 4 (a)22.4016.32
Analysis of 4(b) cases—referrals of hardcore cases to bathing centres
Voluntary attendances at bathing centres
No. of pupils41750
No. of statutory notices issued—3
No. cleansed at centres following statutory notices Voluntarily—3
Compulsorily——

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Emphasis is placed on children being cleansed by parents at home. Other members
of the family may, in the privacy that the home affords, also use the Lorexane shampoo
hence eradicating a possible source to a child, of recurring infestation.
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