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in its purpose by permitting a large percentage of children to be
in a verminous condition. Those who made these assertions were
not fully cognisant of the circumstances. Normally among school
children there is a small percentage who are uncleanly, but if these
children are left without attention for two or three weeks, as
happened when they were evacuated into new homes, they not only
become more severely infested but they are a s&urce of infestation
for many other children with whom they are associated. It was
unfortunate that many of the children were transferred into new
homes where the foster-mothers did not appreciate the need for
vigilance in caring for the children.
The absence of criticism of the condition of children from
Ealing, however, was distinctly noticeable and drew attention to
the high standard of cleanliness insisted upon in Ealing Schools.
In the following table are indicated the number of inspections of
children carried out in the last four years and the results obtained.