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This does not support the findings in a survey carried out in Teesside
in the Autumn Term 1970. There, a stratified sample of children in
infant and junior schools and children in two senior schools were examined.
One in seven of the primary school children was found to be infested to
some degree, and one in four of the secondary school children.
The need for constant vigilance by parents and older children cannot
be too strongly urged to avoid the spread of this essentially curable condition.
The number of children treated at the Cleansing Centre for Scabies
showed another welcome reduction and it may be that the large increase of
cases in recent years has reached its peak or is on the wane.
Six school children were treated for head vermin at the Cleansing
Centre and 16 school children were treated for scabies.

Skin Defects
There has been little decrease in the number (1,398) of children treated
at Minor Ailment Clinics for verrucae and the average number of attendances
per child has remained constant at seven. A trial of a different form of treatment
gave no better results than those being currently used. Verrucae remain
so prevalent that children with the condition should not be allowed to
use public swimming baths where the wet surface encourages the survival of
the wart virus and the concrete surrounds provide the minor damage to the
skin of the soles allowing the virus to enter.