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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 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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| 3. (a) Total times vermin found (1(b) + 2(b)) | 686 | ( 5.70) | |||
| (b) Total % found verminous (3(a) as % of 1 (a) + 2(a)) | 1.92 | ( 1.64) | |||
| (c) Number of individual pupils found verminous | 441 | ( 328) | |||
| (d) % of individual pupils found verminous (of school roll) | 1.59 | ( 1.23) | |||
| 4. Action taken with verminous cases: | |||||
| (a) Advice and/or Lorexane | 498 | ( 501) | |||
| (b) Further action | 188 | ( 69) | |||
| (c) 4 (b) expressed as a % of 4(a) | 37.75 | ( 13.77) | |||
| Analysis of 4(b) cases - referrals of hardcore cases to bathing centres | |||||
| Voluntary attendance at bathing centres - | |||||
| Number of pupils | 512 | ( 69) | |||
| Number of statutory notices issued | (-) | ||||
| 5. Communicable Disease Surveys | |||||
| Number examined for-Athlete's Foot | (-) | ||||
| Plantar Warts | (-) | ||||
| Dysentery | ( 101) | ||||
| Other communicable diseases | 1,572 | ( 2,258) | |||
| Total of 5 | 1,572 | ( 2,359) | |||
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 disease
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 1971.
Disease
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis 5
Chicken Pox 328
Diphtheria 1
Dysentery, Diarrhoea or 85
Enteritis
German Measles 105
Influenza 2
Impetigo 19
Jaundice 11
Measles 103
Mumps 73
Ophthalmia & Conjunctivitis 2
( 2) Pulmonary Tuberculosis
(Primary) 2 ( -)
(246) Ringworm (Scalp) 3 ( 15)
( -) Ringworm (Body) 13 ( 6)
(128) Scabies 29 ( 49)
(114) Scarlet Fever 20 ( 34)
( 12) Sore Throat 4(1)
( 23) Tonsilitis 28 ( 16)
( 19) Typhoid Fever and 1(4)
Paratyphoid Fever
(217) Whooping Cough 16 ( 27)
(274) Other Sickness 29 ( 63)
( 10)
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| (b) Total % found verminous (3(a) as % of 1 (a) + 2(a)) | 1.92 | ( 1.64) | |||
| (c) Number of individual pupils found verminous | 441 | ( 328) | |||
| (d) % of individual pupils found verminous (of school roll) | 1.59 | ( 1.23) | |||
| 4. Action taken with verminous cases: | |||||
| (a) Advice and/or Lorexane | 498 | ( 501) | |||
| (b) Further action | 188 | ( 69) | |||
| (c) 4 (b) expressed as a % of 4(a) | 37.75 | ( 13.77) | |||
| Analysis of 4(b) cases - referrals of hardcore cases to bathing centres | |||||
| Voluntary attendance at bathing centres - | |||||
| Number of pupils | 512 | ( 69) | |||
| Number of statutory notices issued | (-) | ||||
| 5. Communicable Disease Surveys | |||||
| Number examined for-Athlete's Foot | (-) | ||||
| Plantar Warts | (-) | ||||
| Dysentery | ( 101) | ||||
| Other communicable diseases | 1,572 | ( 2,258) | |||
| Total of 5 | 1,572 | ( 2,359) | |||