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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 8,193
Secondary Modern Schools 4,822
13, 015
Number of children requiring treatment 73
Number of children in respect of whom
cleansing notices were issued 61
Number of children cleansed by Local
Health Authority 33
The figures for infestation with vermin improved during 1961.,
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 1961, 8 persons were referred for
cleansing, 5 for scabies, and 3 for lice.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
In the year 1961 there was a rise in the incidence of infectious disease.
This rise however was entirely due to an outbreak of measles, the outbreak being
of rather a new character as it was not rapid in its development but continued
throughout many months.
Apart from measles 1961 was a very good year, dysentery and whooping cough
which both showed high figures in 1960 dropped considerably and the figure for
scarlet fever dropped for the second successive year.
Measles
The following figures of measles notifications show the fluctuations of
this disease during the past ten years.
1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1951
413 810 47 659 107 773 330 328 47 542
Measles notifications during 1961, as received each month were as follows:
January February March April May June July August September
15 62 106 168 91 60 19 20 1
There were no measles notifications in the final three months of the year.
Poliomyelitis
One notification of paralytic poliomyelitis was received during the year
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