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SCABIES.
Scabies continues to be a serious cause of irregularity of
school attendance, and a great nuisance to all concerned. There
appears to have been a very widespread outbreak of Scabies all over
the country, Acton is not alone in being infested with the disease.
Treatment is carried out in the first instance at home, the
parent is given careful typed instructions and sufficient ointment
to carry out the necessary treatment. Arrangements are made to
sterilise the clothing and bedding of infected persons, and advice
is given that all children in a family should be treated similarly
and simultaneously whether suffering from Scabies or not. Only in
that way can there be a chance of getting rid of the disease quickly.
If home treatment fails, recourse is had to cleansing baths, for
which Acton has an arrangement with the Borough of Kensington.
In the great majority of cases, it should be perfectly possible to
cure Scabies by home treatment, and nothing shows up the mother
who is not prepared to take pains to look after her children, quicker
than the length of time taken to get the children clear.
It is worth noting that from September to the end of the year,
several children were brought back from the evacuation areas by
their parents because they were found to have contracted Scabies
while away, and there were one or two instances of apparent failure
on the part of the foster mothers to give the children adequate attention
for the complaint.
The Table attached will show how widespread the cases in
Acton were in the first half of the year. There were in all 61 cases,
and 40 families were affected, 3 families being affected more than
once.
Cases of Scabies—1939.
January 17th
13th
13th
16th
17th
24th
31st
Colville Road.
*Colville Road.
*Colville Road.
*Conway Grove
(3 children).
Goldsmith Road.
*Goldsmith Road.
Goldsmith Road.
Goldsmith Road.
*Junction Road
(2 children).
Horn Lane
Horn Lane
Nemoure Road
Rothschild Infants'.
Rothschild Infants'.
Priory Girls'.
Acton Wells.
Derwentwater.
Derwentwater.
Priory.
Derwentwater.
Priory Girls'.
Acton Wells.
Derwentwater.
Derwentwater.