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Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1951
Diseases Reported from Schools
A total of 4,601 infective diseases was reported from schools
in the Borough throughout the year. The numbers of each disease
were:—
Scarlet Fever 246 Chicken Pox 1484
Diphtheria — Whooping Cough 385
Measles 1569 Mumps 712
German Measles 159 Ringworm 8
Poliomyelitis 3 Scabies 3
Other Diseases 32
Disinfection
During the year 1,581 rooms were disinfected after infectious
disease and 524 rooms disinfested for vermin.
Bacteriological Examinations
All these examinations are carried out by the Camberwell
Research Laboratory which in October, 1948, became a Public
Health Service Laboratory directed by the Medical Research
Council for the Ministry of Health.
The following Table shows the number of examinations in each
division and for the whole Borough, also the disease for which the
examination was made.