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provided or maintained by the authority, the person and clothing of
any child attending the school, and if, on examination, the medical
officer, or any such authorised person as aforesaid, is of opinion that
the person or clothing of any such child is infected with vermin, or
is in a foul or filthy condition, the local education authority may give
notice in writing to the parent or guardian of, or other person liable
to maintain the child, requiring him to cleanse properly the person
and clothing of the child within twenty-four hours after the receipt
of the notice.
(2) If the person to whom any such notice as aforesaid is given
fails to comply therewith within such twenty-four hours, the medical
officer, or some person provided with and, if required, exhibiting the
authority in writing of the medical officer, may remove the child
referred to in the notice from any such school, and may cause the
person and clothing of the child to be properly cleansed in suitable
premises and with suitable appliances, and may, if necessary for that
purpose, without any warrant other than this section, convey to such
premises, and there detain the child until the cleansing is effected.
(3) Where any sanitary authority within the district of a local
education authority have provided, or are entitled to the use of, any
premises or appliances for cleansing the person or clothing of persons
invested with vermin, the sanitary authority shall, if so required by
the local education authority, allow the local education authority to
use such premises and appliances for the purpose of this section upon
such payment (if any) as may be agreed upon between them, or, in
default of agreement, settled by the Local Government Board.
(4) Where, after the person or clothing of a child has been
cleansed by a local education authority under this section, the parent
or guardian of, or other person liable to maintain, the child allows him
to get into such a condition that it is again necessary to proceed under
this section, the parent, guardian, or other person shall, on summary
conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding ten shillings.