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Minor Ailments
Sessions
Medical Officer 53
Nursing Sister 1.560
Total attendances 12,724
Number of new cases seen by medical officer 154
Number of new cases seen by nursing sister only 1,074
Number of new cases per 1,000 population 25
Cases treated
Athletes foot, verrucae, skin diseases, eye and ear defects, bruises,
lacerations, etc 2,804
Prophylaxis
Continued efforts were made to improve the immunisation rate in schools,
although not on the same scale as last year when the diphtheria incident, mentioned
in my report for 1966, occurred.
Diphtheria Immunisation and Poliomyelitis Vaccination
Diphtheria Poliomyelitis
Primary
Courses
Booster
Doses
Primary
Courses
Booster
Doses
116 146 708 616
Following are the percentages of Southwark school children who had been
immunised against diphtheria or vaccinated against poliomyelitis at the end of the
year compared with the figures for Inner London as a whole.
Diphtheria Poliomyelitis
Age Southwark I.L.E.A. Area Age Southwark I.L.E.A. Area
5-9 89% 87% All ages 85% 85%
10-14 90% 85%
B.C.G. Vaccination
5,646 children were Mantoux tested and 4,788 received B.C.G. vaccination.
435 were found to be Mantoux positive.
School Nursing
Health Surveys
Comprehensive Total number examined 31,099
Percentage found verminous 1.4%
Selective Total number examined 6,930
Percentage found verminous 3-1 %
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