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Provision of Antitoxin and Vaccine Lymph
The Council provides diphtheria antitoxin free to local practitioners in the district.
This antitoxin is obtainable from the Public Health Department during office hours and by
direct request to the Medical Officer of Health at other times. In the event of emergency
supplies of vaccine lymph being required, they are obtainable at very short notice.
Scabies and Lice
During 1964, thirty-four cases of scabies and contacts were brought to the notice of
the Department. This figure includes full treatment for whole families. Altogether four
families were involved, ten members in one of these, and eight in each of the other three.
Cleansing for head lice was needed for one family, but on five different occasions, making
19 individuals requiring cleansing station treatment. There was also one case of pediculosis
pubis. Baths and treatment were arranged at Hammersmith Cleansing Station by courtesy
of Hammersmith Borough Council.
In proportion to the number of children surveyed for cleanliness during the year,
there was still a considerable number found to be requiring treatment, although the figure
was less than in 1963, i.e. 137 as compared with 166. The number inspected was 12,674
compared to last year's total of 15,211.
Treatment of school children is normally carried out by private practitioners or in the
ordinary Middlesex County Council Clinics, but on failure of treatment, or in cases of bad
infestation, the Borough Council facilities are requested.
Details of head inspections in schools are to be found in Table XI, page 73.
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