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verminous has a special card, which is filed for future
reference. This card system fur nishes the school medical
staff with a complete record of previous verminous conditions
detected in the child. Any child, boy or girl, found to
be infected with " nits " or the eggs of lice is dealt with by
a notice as follows being sent by post to the parents :—
ILFORD COUNCIL EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
Private Notice.
Public Health Department,
Council Offices,
Ilford.
Name
Your attention is drawn to the presence of nits, or eggs
of lice, in the hair of this child.
Instructions for preventing and remedying this condition
will be found below.
G. E. OATES,
School Medical Officer.
Date
Every school-child is liable to get head vermin, and it
is only by constant attention to the hair that even the
cleanest child will be kept free from vermin. To prevent
girls becoming affected the hair should be plaited, and a
fine tooth-comb used night and morning.
Living vermin (lice) and their eggs (nits) can be easily
killed by the application of paraffin.
The paraffin should be placed in a bowl, and the hair
thoroughly soaked in it. Then wrap the hair in a towel
soaked in paraffin. Great care must be taken not to bring
the paraffin near any fire, candle or lamp, as it is very
inflammable.