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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 9,314
Secondary Modern Schools 3,551
12,865
Number of children requiring treatment 91
Number of children in respect of whom
cleansing notices were issued 64
Number of children cleansed by Local
Health Authority 38
For detail see Table XI on page 82.
The figures for infestation with vermin deteriorated slightly during 1962.
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 1962, 5 persons were referred for
cleansing, 3 for scabies, and 2 for lice.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
In the year 1962, the amount of infectious disease notified was very small.
Puerperal pyrexia, measles and scarlet fever were the only diseases to be notified
in double figures, and even these were mild and without complications.
Measles
The following figures of measles notifications show the fluctuations of
this disease during the past ten years.
1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962
810 47 659 107 773 330 328 47 542 38
Poliomyelitis
Two notifications of anterior poliomyelitis were received during the year.
Neither case was confirmed as being poliomyelitis.
The Scheme for inoculation against poliomyelitis inaugurated by Middlesex
County Health Department in 1956, continued during 1962.
Details of the year- s work are as follows:-
No of persons who received 3 doses of oral vaccine
Born in the following years:
1 962
1961
1943 - 1960
1933 - 1942
Others
Total
48
194
74
26
25
367
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