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Facilities for cleansing at the Council's Medicinal Baths
have been made available in all cases and the opportunity
given to purchase at cost price special combs.
Figures showing the number of cases dealt with at the
Baths during the year are as under:—
School Children—Hammersmith.
Scabies 2,072
Verminous 1,557
Impetigo 13
School Children—Non-Hammersmith.
Nil.
Children under Five Years—Hammersmith.
Scabies 573
Verminous 119
Impetigo 14
Children under Five Years—Non-Hammersmith.
Nil.
Adults—Hammersmith.
Scabies 2,122
Verminous 223
Impetigo 11
Other Conditions 2
Adults—Non-Hammersmith.
Nil.
Common Lodging-houses.
Scabies 23
Verminous 208
VACCINATION.
The duties under the Vaccination Acts and the Vaccination
Order were carried out by the Public Health Department.
The Return for 1943 shows that 2,087 Infants were
vaccinated, this being 71.28 per cent. of the Births compared
with 75.18 per cent. in 1942.
No proceedings under the Vaccination Acts were instituted.