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filthy condition. The Ilford Council Education Committee do
hereby give you notice that they require you, within twentyfour
hours after the receipt of this notice to cleanse properly
the person of this child.
Instructions for Cleansing
The manner in which such cleansing may be effected is
as follows: —
A tumblerful of paraffin oil should be placed in a bowl,
and the hair throughly soaked in it. Then wrap the hair
in a towel soaked in paraffin. After about an hour, when
the nits will have been loosened, wash the hair thoroughly
in soap and water. and remove any remaining nits by a fine
tooth-comb, or by cutting the hair away with scissors.
Great care must be taken not to bring the paraffin near
any fire, candle, lamp or flame, as it is very inflammable.
And further take notice that if you fail to comply with
this notice within such twenty-four hours, the child will be
removed from the school, and conveyed by a person duly
authorised in that behalf to suitable premises, and there
detained until the cleansing is effected.
Medical Officer to the Education Committee.
Town Hall,
Ilford.
Date and hour of this notice
N.B.—If it should again become necessary to proceed
under this Section, you will be liable, on summary conviction,
to a fine not exceeding ten shillings (ios.).
In no case during the year was a statutory notice
served.
A room in the Public Health Department is available as
a cleansing station. In it are fitted a large lavatory basin
and a shampoo supplied with hot water.