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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 1966

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]

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Infectious Diseases in Schools.
When a pupil is absent from school and the cause is either known or suspected to be due
to infectious disease, the Head of the school notifies the Principal School Medical Officer. These
notifications are uncorrected for diagnosis, but form the best available index of the trends of the
infectious diseases in the school 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 1966:-
Disease Disease
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis — (—) Pulmonary Tuberculosis (Primary) 1 (1)
Chicken Pox 325 (365) Ringworm (Scalp) 3 (3)
Diphtheria — (—) Ringworm (Body) 12 (2)
Dysentery, Diarrhoea or Enteritis 280 (90) Scabies 12 (9)
Food Poisoning — (—) Scarlet Fever 26 (45)
Erysipelas — (—) Smallpox — (—)
German Measles 122 (117) Sore Throat 45 (42)
Influenza 476 ( 37) Tonsilitis 105 (83)
Impetigo 7 (10) Typhoid Fever and Paratyphoid
Jaundice 6 (36) Fever — (—)
Measles 568 (721) Whooping Cough 40 (17)
Mumps 547 (71)
Ophthalmia & Conjunctivitis 8 (11) Other Diseases: Sickness 2 (42)
Poliomyelitis — (—) Virus Meningitis 1 (3)
Pneumonia 3 (4) Glandular Fever — (1)

Table: Prophylaxis. The following table shows the percentage of school children of all ages inspected who were reported to have been immunised against —

Prophylaxis. The following table shows the percentage of school children of all ages inspected who were reported to have been immunised against —

(a)Smallpox70.6%(70.5%)
(b)Diphtheria84.8%(85.8%)
(c)Whooping Cough67.1%(65.2%)
(d)Poliomyelitis80.1%(81%)

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It is the practice to offer immunisation against tetanus.

Table: The B.C. G. Scheme. In accordance with the B.C.G. scheme, vaccination was offered to children in the 13 year+ age group, as a protection against tuberculosis. The following table is an analysis of this procedure:-

The B.C. G. Scheme. In accordance with the B.C.G. scheme, vaccination was offered to children in the 13 year+ age group, as a protection against tuberculosis. The following table is an analysis of this procedure:-

1.No. of children tuberculin-tested1386(1698)
2.No. of children found positive to test569(349)
3.No. of children positive to test who were x-rayed346(273)
4.No. of children found negative to test795(1349)
5.No. of children vaccinated792(1341)

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The 1966 campaign overlapped into 1967 and the results for this latter period will be
included in the 1967 Annual Report.
(61)