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The local Tuberculosis Clinic is held every Monday from
2-4 p.m. at the Surrey County Council Clinic, 62, Whytecliffe
Road, Purley.
PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1936, SECTION 172.
PUBLIC HEALTH (PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS)
REGULATIONS, 1925.
No action has been required under these powers during
recent years.
NON-NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
The group of non-notifiable infectious diseases again accounted
for very few deaths, with the exception of influenza, to which
15 deaths were attributed in 1951.
Apart from the death returns, the only information as to the
presence of outbreaks of non-notifiable infectious disease is obtained
from the returns from the nurseries and public elementary
schools. As judged by these, waves of chickenpox and mumps
coincided approximately with those of measles and whooping
cough in the Spring. No case of ringworm was reported.
Home visitation and exclusion from school are still the two
chief methods relied upon to prevent the spread of these diseases.
Treatment in hospital is provided when required owing to social
or physical complications being present, but records of these admissions
are rarely received.
INFESTATIONS.
(a) Scabies.
During 1951 the number of persons treated by the Health
Department for this disease was only 11, (5 adults, 4 school
children and 2 children under 5 years), while a few contacts
were provided with a special soap now used as a preventative.
A total of 20 treatments was carried out, almost all in the patients'
own homes by the Medical Officer or a Nurse.
The welcome decrease in the prevalence of this disease is
shown by the following table:—
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