London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hammersmith 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith.
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| 2.Seective Surveys | (a) Number examined | 12,503 | (11,543) |
| (b) Number (occasions) found verminous | 436 | (427) | |
| (c) Percentage found verminous | 3.49 | (3.70) | |
| 3. | (a) Total times vermin found (1(b) + 2(b)) | 793 | (686) |
| (b) Total % found verminous (3(a) as % of 1(a) + 2(a)) | 2.27 | (1.92) | |
| (c) Number of individual pupils found verminous | 588 | (441) | |
| (d) % of individual pupils found verminous (of school roll) | 2.14 | (159) | |
| 4. Action taken with verminous cases: | (a) Advice and/or Lorexane | 589 | (498) |
| (b) Further action | 206 | (188) | |
| (c) 4(b) expressed as a % of 4(a) | 35.09 | (37.75) | |
| Voluntary attendance at bathing centres - | |||
| Numberofpupils | 206 | (512) | |
| Number of staturory notices issued | - | ||
| 5.Communicable Disease Surveys | |||
| Number examined for - Athlete's Foot | - | ||
| Plantar Warts | - | ||
| Dysentry | - | ||
| Other communicable diseases | 527 | (1,572) | |
Infectious Diseases in Schools
community; they are the only figures available for diseases which are not statutorily notifiable. The following is a table of the infectious diseases notified by Heads of schools in 1972.
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 5 | (5) | Pulmonary T uberculosis (Primary) | 1 | (2) |
| Chicken Pox | 261 | (328) | Ringworm (Scalp) | 1 | (3) |
| Diphtheria | - | (I) | Ringworm (Body) | 4 | (13) |
| Dysentry, Diarrhoea or Enteritis | 72 | (85) | Scabies | 20 | (29) |
| German Measles | 118 | (105) | Scarlet Fever | 11 | (20) |
| Influenza | 120 | (2) | Sore Throat | 3 | (4) |
| Impetigo | 13 | (19) | Tonsilitis | 9 | (28) |
| Jaundice | 3 | (11) | Typhoid Fever and Paratyphoid Fever | - | (1) |
| Measles | 131 | (103) | Whooping Cough | 4 \ | (16) |
| Mumps | 239 | (73) | Other Sickness | 12 | (29) |
| Ophthalmia & Conjunctivitis | 11 | (2) |
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