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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
Hayes and Harlington 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]
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SECTION F
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
DISEASES
Scabies.—By arrangement with the Hayes Cottage Hospital,
four clinics weekly have been held for treatment of scabies and
infestation with lice.
Scabies cases were treated by Benzyl Benzoate and disinfestation
from lice was effected by the use of Lethane Oil, in both
cases very successfully. 904 attendances were recorded during the
year.
Diphtheria Immunisation
Number of sessions 189
Number of attendances 1,289
Number of prophylactics given 1,050
Number of post-Schicks 213
Number of re-tests 23
Percentage of failure to immunise 4-2
Percentage successfully immunised 95-8
Notifiable Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) during the
Year, 1945
| Diseases | Total Cases Notified | Total Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 74 | — |
| Diphtheria | 6 | — |
| Pneumonia | 18 | 24 (all forms) |
| Cerebro—spinal Fever | 3 | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 17 | — |
| Erysipelas | 11 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | — |
| Measles | 826 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 41 | 3 |
| Dysentery | 9 | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 2 | 2 |