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VERMINOUS PERSONS.
No facilities are yet available for the cleansing and disinfection
of verminous persons, but with the strict supervision of the
School Nurses the number of cases occurring in school children
is limited.
OUT-DOOR RELIEF.
The amount of poor relief paid by the West Ham Union in the
East Ham Relieving Officers' Districts was £210,967, during the
twelve months' ended the 31st December, 1925.
PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Small Pos.
Fortunately no case of this disease has occurred in the
Borough since 1920. There have been a number of severe cases
of Chicken Pox in adults, to which I have been called in consultation
by Medical Practitioners during the year. One very
suspicious case I was asked to see of a rash similar to Small Pox
was interesting and on investigation I discovered that the man
had been taking large doses of Iodide of Potassium.
Scarlet Fever.
The number of cases of Scarlet Fever notified has been small
and the cases have been mild in character; 221 cases with 4
deaths.
No use has been made of the Schick and Dick tests in
Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever.
Diphtheria.
There has been an increase in the number of cases during
1925, but the mortality is low, being only 12 deaths out of 246
cases, of which 224 were treated at the Isolation Hospital. A
number of cases were traced to one school and on bacteriological
examination of "swabs" from the noses and throats of the other
children a nasal carrier of the Bacillus was discovered. In the
majority of cases the disease is diagnosed early on account of the
facilities given to Medical Practitioners for the bacteriological
examination of "swabs" from the nose and throat. The fatal
cases are usually those whose parents have neglected to call in
medical men until the case is serious.