primarily with the detection of lice or nits. As was explained in the 1953 report (pages
105-6) in the third term of the school year a more comprehensive inspection is carried
out. The nature and extent of both types of hygiene inspection were under review at
the end of the year.
Table: The following table gives the results of the personal hygiene inspections carried out during1954 :—
The following table gives the results of the personal hygiene inspections carried out during1954 :—
* ' verminous', in this context, has a special connotation since it includes cases with only one ' nit * (ovum) as
well as cases with live vermin present.
Table: The following table shows the results of the operation of this ' cleansing scheme' during 1954 :—
The following table shows the results of the operation of this ' cleansing scheme' during 1954 :—
1.
Number of pupils on school roll
442,129
2.
Number of hygiene inspections
1,299,358
3.
Number of occasions on which pupils were found to be' verminous ' (as defined)
21,872
4.
Number of individual pupils comprising item 3
11,801
5.
Number of advice cards issued
13,135
6.
Number offamilies involved in item 5
5,225
7.
Number of pupils found to be clean after issue of advice card ..
2,228
8.
Number of pupils voluntarily attending bathing centre after advice card
8,827
9.
Number of statutory notices issued
1,839
10.
Number cleansed voluntarily after statutory notice
632
11.
Number compulsorily cleansed after statutory notice
1,123
Table:
Year
No. of pupils on school rolls
No. of nurses' hygiene inspections
No. oj occasions on which pupils were foundto be ' verminous '
Column (4)as a percentage of column(3)
No. of individual children comprising column (4)
Percentage of the school populationof the individual children in col. (6)
