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CLEANSING OF VERMINOUS PERSONS.
The Medicinal Baths in Scotts Road, Shepherd's Bush,
provide for the treatment of cases of Scabies, Impetigo and
the cleansing of verminous persons, &c.
I append figures showing the numbers dealt with during
the year.
School Children—Hammersmith.
Scabies 543†
Verminous 1,277*
Impetigo 116
Minor Ailments 18
School Children—Non-Hammersmith.
Nil.
Children under Five Years—Hammersmith.
Scabies 187
Verminous 23
Impetigo 5
Children under Five Years—Non-Hammersmith.
Scabies 4
Adults—Hammersmith.
Scabies 465
Verminous 205
Impetigo 2
Other Conditions 1
Adults—Non-Hammersmith.
Scabies 2
Common Lodging-houses.
Scabies 80
Verminous 6
Gibraltar Refugees.
Verminous Children under 5 years 5
Verminous Adults 1
†ncludes 1 Belgian refugee and 88 evacuees.
♦Includes 16 evacuees.
VACCINATION.
The duties under the Vaccination Acts and the Vaccination
Order were carried out by the Public Health Department.
The Return for 1939 shows that 1,063 Infants were
vaccinated, this being 61.3 per cent, of the Births and compared
with 66.2 per cent, in 1938.
No proceedings under the Vaccination Acts were instituted.