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available at the Clinics and are given on loan
when required. LETHANE hair oil preparations
are advocated, and it is never to be forgotten
that infestation tends to be a family condition
rather than an individual infliction. At the
present time, some families have unsatisfactory
housing accommodation, so that it may be
difficult for them to combat from day to day
the possibility of accidental infestation in
war-time conditions, but in Wembley, body
infestation is really almost not a Public health
problem.
A pamphlet dealing with the main points
is distributed as appropriate. The following
is extracted from this pamphlet.
The only safeguard against hair, skin or
clothing becoming infested with vermin (lice
and nits) is constant attention to general
cleanliness. The daily washing of the skin
and brushing and combing of the hair, with regular
frequent changing (never less than at weekly
periods) of underclothing, and the frequent
shampooing of the hair - these are the simple
but essential rules for keeping free from
vermin and nits.
In time of war conditions may force
these rules to be broken and persons may
become infested. If one of a family be
found infested all the family should examine
themselves carefully in case they also have
accidentally become infested.
Instructions for use of Lethane hair oil.
(i) Amount to be applied to each head
varies from about half a teaspoonful in the
case of a child with short hair, to about two
teaspoonfuls for a woman with long thick hair.
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