SCHOOLGIRLS' HAIR.
Dr Butler, the medical officer of health to the Willesden Education Committee, issued recently a circular to tho mothers of his district urging them, for cleanliness' sake, to have their daughters' hair cut short. This has had a remarkable sequel. Finding, however, that his circular and subs-quent warning had been ignored, he snnounced that he would have certain of the children moved to a suitable place and the offending hair "dressed." Accordingly, a few days ago, the vehicle used for conveying persons suifering from infectious diseases to tho [eolation Hospital drove up to the Lower place Council School, in Acton tine, in chcirge of a nurse, who asked for the seven or eight yir!* ~-. question, A st-rugg.c cn?u-d in the scjvoi, mid in an iixred'.blv 6h<,it ta...e about iOu -indignant mothers had asscm ,im in the Playground and. were cLm.uring for their children. When iho cni.dren who were to b& heat away wore brought out of tho school the van and the nurse w«» boiieswl. a*4 cvaatually th» «.ttituds of the uiothars bwjii »s thr*at9ii- | ing that tlis nur*e bud t» «<»ap» i» tk< I hospital van —alone.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 6962, 30 October 1909, Page 10
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190SCHOOLGIRLS' HAIR. New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 6962, 30 October 1909, Page 10
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