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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 10 925
Secondary Modern School 5.801
16,726
Number of children requiring treatment. 97
Number of children in respect of whom
cleansing notices were issued 79
Number of children cleansed by Local
Health Authority 41
The figures for infestation with vermin showed a slight increase during
1960. and there was also a substantial increase in the number requiring cleansing
notices, which suggests some indifference on the part of parents informed of
the verminous infestation discovered.
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 1960 10 persons were referred
for cleansing 7 for scabies 2 for lice and 1 for fleas
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
In the year 1960 there was a fall in the incidence of infectious disease
The rise in scarlet fever notifications observed in 1959 was not continued in
1960p but there was a disturbing increase in the number of notifications of
dysentery.
Measles

Poliomyelitis
No notifications of poliomyelitis were received during the year.
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