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SCABIES.
The treatment of scabies was continued during the year with
benzyl benzoate. The number of school children treated has for
the past five years gradually decreased as will be seen from
comparison of the figures given below :—

The school health service also undertakes the treatment of
other cases of scabies and these are referred to the health centres
by general practitioners and factory medical officers. All who
attended the health centres were encouraged to bring their relatives
or others living in contact with them if there was any likelihood
that they were suffering from the same condition.
INFESTATION WITH VERMIN.
The number of pupils found to be infested during the year
was very low and it is an excellent tribute to the general cleanliness
of children in the borough to note that out of 45,274 examinations
made it was only found necessary to issue two cleansing orders
for the compulsory cleansing of children under the authority's
arrangements. The cleanliness surveys were conducted as usual
on three occasions during the year and carried out by the school
nurses. Statistics relating to this section of the work will be found
on page 57, Table V of this Report.