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EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS.
No child is permitted to be employed under the age of 13
years, and more than 3½ hours on any school day, or five hours
on a holiday.
226 pupils were medically examined to determine if they were
fit for employment outside school hours. In 2 cases permission
was not granted.
Fifteen children were examined and found to be fit to take
part in entertainments.
EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS.
36 teachers were medically examined on appointment to determine
their physical fitness for their duties.
INFESTATION WITH VERMIN.
There has been a further improvement during the year in the
standard of head hygiene.
In the course of 49,480 examinations only 338 pupils were
found to be infested, i.e., .7%. This is a marked improvement
over last year's figure of 493 and reflects the improved hygiene
standards found generally.
In one case a compulsory cleansing order was served, the
first in many years. This is only done when the child has been
repeatedly found to be verminous and all efforts to help and
educate the parent have failed.
The school nurses are always willing to advise any parent
as to the best methods of treatment and prevention of infestation,
and stocks of insecticidal lotions are kept at the clinics.