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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 special combs at cost price.
Figures showing the number of cases dealt with at the
Baths during the year are as under:—
School Children—Hammersmith.
Scabies 999
Verminous 1,538
Impetigo 26
School Children—Non-Hammersmith.
Nil.
Children under Five Years—Hammersmith.
Scabies 228
Verminous 49
Impetigo 1
Children under Five Years—Non-Hammersmith.
Nil.
Adults—Hammersmith.
Scabies 957
Verminous 164
Impetigo 1
Adults-Non-Hammersmith.
Nil
Lodging-houses.
Scabies 30
Verminous 166
VACCINATION.
1947 is the last year during which vaccination is compulsory,
or may be avoided on grounds of conscience. It
will, therefore, be of great interest to compare the numbers
of children who were vaccinated in the year under review
with the numbers of successful vaccinations completed during
the first few years of the National Health Service Act.
It is, of course, hoped that the Act will increase these
numbers largely and that the percentage of successful
vaccinations will be much nearer 100.
Voluntary methods of persuasion should be designed on
the lines of the Anti-Diphtheria Campaign, and much
publicity will be necessary to convince parents that vaccination
is just as important and successful as diphtheria
immunisation.