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NON-NOTIFIABLE DISEASES.
Months.
Whooping
Cough.
Mumps.
Chicken-pox
Doubtful
Cases.
Totals.
January
28
4
54
3
89
February
8
6
47
7
68
March
33
15
31
7
86
April
37
23
9
8
77
May
31
18
36
9
94
June
9
7
39
9
64
July
2
4
18
3
27
August*
...
1
1
3
5
September
2
10
6
1
19
October
2
6
11
3
32
November
3
7
5
7
22
December
...
1
3
7
11
Totals
155
102
260
67
584
* Schools closed for holidays.
One visit re Cancer disinfection. Two visits re Scabies disinfection.
Visits and re-visits re school notifications concerning measles and the
non-notifiable diseases, such as whooping cough, chicken pox, etc., 1,735 to
2,058 children at 1,451 homes. Of this number, no less than 1,151 visits
were for measles. This is an increase compared with last year,
when the figures were 1,084, 1,415 and 893 respectively. (For further
information see Annual Report of School Medical Officer.)
GENERAL WORK.
Visits to Private Schools 0
Enquiries re complaints 26
Miscellaneous visits (compared with 134 last year) 111
Visits paid to inspect work done after informal notice 195
,, re Overcrowding 2
,, re Fabric Misdescription Act 0
MORE WOMEN OFFICERS REQUIRED.
It is usually considered that for every 500 births in any area, especially
an industrial one, there should be one Woman Sanitary Inspector or Health
Visitor. On these not unreasonable terms, there should be on my staff
four permanent ones, whereas at present there are only two. Temporary
officers do not stay long, and frequent change of officers is detrimental to
the smooth progress of the work. Miss Shiner was only made a permanent
officer in April, after the visits of Dr. Mivart from the Local Government
Board.