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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 7,283
Secondary Modern Schools 2 868
10,151
Number of children requiring treatment 54
Number of children in respect of whom
cleansing notices were issued 45
Number of children cleansed by Local
Health Aughority 27
For detail see Table XI on page 86
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 1964, 14 persons were referred
for cleansing, 5 for scabies and 9 for head lice.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
In the year 1964 the amount of infectious disease notified was not con
siderable Details of each disease are discussed individually in the following
paragraphs
Measles
The following figures of measles notifications show the fluctuations of
this disease during the past ten years
1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
659 107 773 330 328 47 542 38 334 232
Poliomyelitis
No notifications of anterior poliomyelitis were received during the year
The Scheme for inoculation against poliomyelitis inaugurated by Middlesex
County Health Department in 1956 continued during 1964
Details of the year's work are as follows -