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Barking 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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if he is of senior school age, and to all those who are in any way
in charge of him. A pair of clippers do for a whole family and
they are quite cheap, and if parents claim they have not time
and opportunity to keep their boys' heads clean by other methods,
at least they can keep them clean by keeping their hair clipped short.
There is no hardship in proceeding with every .coercive measure
you have to enforce absolute cleanliness so far as infestation is
concerned amongst boys, and I do not see why every boy with an
infested head should not be excluded forthwith and the parents proceeded
against, as vou are empowered to do, for his absence from school.

You might wish to modify your action by only proceeding to this extremity after a preliminary notice, but so easy is it to keep a boy's head clean that it is difficult to find any justification for it being dirty.

School.Dept.No. of ExaminationsNits only.Nits and Vermin (head)
GascoigneInfants13001196
Boys1517331
Girls12121877
North St.Infants1001614
Boys767181
Girls650823
CastleInfants
Boys486642
Girls
CreeksmouthInfants
Boys324-
Girls
WestburyInfants1196992
Boys701182
Girls9861092
RippleInfants1033513
Boys1136284
Girls10071095
C. of E.Infants570791
Boys635413
Girls6332107
RC.Infants607807
Boys62053
Girls
Faircross349291
Park ModernMixed7089