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verminous conditions and their parents fail to cleanse them within
the period of 7 days allowed by by-law, a prosecution may be
ordered.

Few Surveys have been possible during the year owing to
pressure of work arising from infectious disease in the schools.
The seventy of the incidence of infectious disease is impossible
to forecast and during the outbreak non-infectious matter
sinks into the background.
The number examined leaves much to be desired. The
standard to be aimed at should be one survey per term in each
school.
The work of the cleanliness survey is not only that of the
actual inspection at the school. It includes also the action taken
with regard to those found with dirty heads. This necessitates
attendance at the clinic until the children are clean, and means
a large addition to the attendance at a treatment clinic.
The survey is important because—
1. The parents have no warning, and therefore, the findings
are a true indication of the cleanliness of the school.
2. Everyone in the school is examined, instead of only a
certain group as at Routine Medical Inspection.
3. It is of great help to the Teacher in maintaining cleanliness
in the school. Since no one knows when the Nurse may
come, it is necessary for the children to be always clean if
their school is to get good marks at a Survey.