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Times-Advocate, 1981-11-11, Page 3Times -Advocate, November 11, 1981 Pte* 3 WHITING'S Your Homeland furniture and appliance store • Warehouse Furniture cwd Appliances Unlimited ( New & Used • Antiques & Things MAIN `Y' 1 ., t,•, 235-1964 GIFTS F HOME Ao, R YOL DFA la Whiting's have it all for Christmas. Choose from top brands at the best possible prices. Our selection is good and of course, we offer free delivery. STUDENT COUNCIL PRIZE — SHDHS student council presi- dent Bruce Shaw presents a student scholarship to Arndt Ver- maeten at Fridays' Commencement. T -A photo Parents to accept lice responsibility The Huron County Health Unit is battling more than 100 cases of head lice in Clin- ton, Goderich and Seaforth and according to Catherine Walsh Director of Public Health Nurses, parents must accept more responsibility in trying to rid the problem. • Mrs. Walsh said that the Health Unit is not having much success in controlling the lice problem that is in- fecting many school -aged children. Only immediate action to treat the condition will ensure that the child will not be re -infected and Mrs. Walsh noted that parents must be responsible by combating the head lice infection in the home. In the schools, children have been examined and any child who has the infection known as pediculosis, is sent home. If one person in a family or school has pedicolosis. chances are that others will be affected too, and for this reason all school -aged children in the family are sent home as well until the infection is treated. Mrs. Walsh explained that parents should not get indig- nant if their child becomes infected. the problem has nothing to do with dirt or with poor hygiene at home. Head Tice are more of an irritation or an aggravation. than an actual health hazard. Head lice do not carry disease. She noted that at home parents should check their child's hair each day and if any live lice are found, treat- ment should be carried out immediately. To rid the head of lice and eggs (nits 1 the following should be done: 1. Soak the head in pure vinegar for 10 minutes. This is to soften the shell of the nit. 2. Apply Para Lice (spray) or Kwellada (shampoo) solutions which can be bought at the drugstore. Follow the directions on the bottle. Use a fine steel tooth comb, separating each strand of hair and comb very carefully to remove all nits. The combing of the hair must be done strand by strand until the entire head is free from nits. It is much easier to comb hair and remove nits when the head is wet. The steel comb may be borrowed from your local health unit. 3. All clothing should be washed in very hot water; this especially applies to headgear, scarves and bed linen. If washing is not possi- ble, then dry cleaning is an alternative or spraying with Para Lice spray. Head lice infection is an exclusively human problem chat has been widespread across the country and the United States for the past three years. The head louse lives on the scalp and has an existence of approximately one month. The adult female head louse lays eggs (nits) which are whitish, oval shaped and tiny. These nits cling to the hair shaft and unlike dan- druff. they keep on clinging and cannot be shaken off; after about a week the nits hatch into new lice. They puncture the skin to obtain food and this causes the itching and scratching which can cause infection. Mrs. Walsh noted that head lice are usually transmitted from one person to another by direct contact with the hair. This can happen if you use an infected person's brush or comb, towels, sheets, blankets, pillows and clothing, ex- pecially hats. These can all transfer lice from one head to another. While it's been 15 years since this area has had a serious outbreak of pediculosis, Mrs. Walsh stressed that only when parents take full respon- sibility for ridding the lice and treating the condition in the home can the outbreak be controlled in the schools. CARPET Saxony's Sculpture Prints 5Q% OFA Vinyl Flooring up to 50% off 2 pc. Brown Tweed Colonial Style Chesterfield Chair Our Reg. Price $749.00 Now 58 995 k REMEMBRANCE — Dr. Fox and Howard Holtzman were in charge of the wreath laying service Sunday's Remembrance Day service at the Exeter Cenotaph. T -A photo By MRS. 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