HEALTH IN THE SCHOOLS.
SOLVINC A PROBLEM. LONDON, March U. Tlie medical officer of the County umiK'il reports that :JO per cent, of the S'fls_ attending the elementary schools are infected with vermin and 31 per tent, of the infants are affected. Rio fact that flea prevalence was observed t 0 o( .(. ur simultaneously with an outbreak of scarlet fever is regarded as shedding an important light upon the ojMre problem of the transmission of teases in Great Britain. Increased facilities for cleansing in- ' Wed children are demanded.
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Clutha Leader, Volume XL, Issue 72, 17 March 1914, Page 7
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88HEALTH IN THE SCHOOLS. Clutha Leader, Volume XL, Issue 72, 17 March 1914, Page 7
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