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PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
AND OTHER DISEASES.
CONTROL OF VERMIN AND SCABIES
By the courtesy of the School Medical Officer particulars regarding the
cleanliness surveys in schools have been obtained, and are as follows:-
Number of children examined:-
Primary Schools 11,201
Secondary Modern Schools 5,271
16,472
Number of children requiring treatment 120
Number of children in respect of whom
cleansing notices were issued 73
Number of children cleansed by Local Health
Authority 38
These figures all show an improvement over 1957.
By arrangement with the Medical Officer of Health of Hammersmith, persons
requiring cleansing because of infestation with scabies or vermin, can be treated
at the Hammersmith Cleansing Station. During 1958, ten persons were referred
for cleansing, seven for scabies, two for lice and one for bug infestation.
All of these cases were cleared quickly.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
In the year 1958 there was a considerable decrease in the incidence of
infectious disease. This was due mainly to the fall in measles notifications.
Measles is a disease showing a marked biennial fluctuation and the current year
was the year of lower incidence. The up and down nature of this disease can be
observed from the following table of notifications of this disease during the
past ten years.
1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958
511 269 863 413 810 47 659 107 773 330
Poliomyelitis
Two notifications of poliomyelitis were received during the year, and both
cases were confirmed as paralytic poliomyelitis.
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