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1944 1943 1942
Scarlet Fever 41 106 66
Diphtheria 3 9 7
Chicken-pox . 124 79 158
Measles 64 132 132
German Measles 89 12 1
Mumps 5 50 152
Whooping Cough 77 44 22
Ringworm 7 3 4
Skin Infections 19 17 29
429 452 571
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION.
The number of children immunised during the year was 516,
of whom 358 were under five years of age, and 158 of from five to
fifteen years. These figures are appreciably lower than those for
former years, very largely due to the evacuation of large numbers
of children on account of flying bombs and rockets.
SCABIES.
Scabies continued to occur in most of the schools throughout
the year, the incidence being practically the same as in 1943.
Treatment was available at the First Aid Post in White Hart Lane
School and during the year 277 cases were treated, 112 of these being
adults, and the remainder children, of whom 116 were of school age
and 49 under school age. The results of treatment have been good.
and the service rendered by the personnel of the First Aid Post has
been of great assistance.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR TREATMENT.
The arrangements made for the treatment of defects found at
medical inspection or in children brought to the School Clinic have
remained without any great change throughout the years of the war.
Wherever possible parents have been expected to obtain treatment
for their children privately from the family doctor, or at hospital,
but where family circumstances made this impossible, provision has
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