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Pediculosis.
93
for examination at the Inspection Clinic. All of these
were excluded on account of pediculosis.
The total number of exclusions for verminous condition
during the year was 313.
Summonses were issued by the School Attendance
Officer with respect to six cases which were not cleansed
within a reasonable time, a fine of 20s. being imposed
by the Justices in one case, a fine of 10s. in two cases,
and a fine of 5s. in three cases.
On account of the length of time children were liable
to be excluded on account of verminous condition before
the next meeting of the School Attendance Sub-Committee,
which authorised the issue of summonses, the
Education Committee decided during the year to
throw the responsibility of authorising the issue of
summonses on the School Medical Officer the view
being expressed by the Committee that a summons
should be issued if an excluded child is not cleansed
within fourteen days. This decision of the Education
Committee does not apply to parents who are " old
offenders " and who may in accordance with a previous
resolution of the Committee be summoned immediately
after the exclusion of the child. The usual procedure
in the ordinary case is for the child to be excluded, accompanying
the notice of exclusion being a leaflet giving
directions on cleansing. If at the end of a week the
child is not cleansed a notice is issued warning the
parents that a summons will be issued unless the child
is cleansed in seven days. This procedure has proved
excellent from two points of view ; firstly the School
Attendance Committee has been saved a great amount of
trouble in seeing the parents and determining whether
the parents should be summoned, a difficult matter for
them to determine since they are not aware of the home