London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Sutton and Cheam 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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Infestations, Four cases of Infestation by lice were treated
at the clinic. No case of Scabies was treated. The number of
attendances at the clinic for treatment was twelve. This
compares with eleven cases of Scabies, eight cases with lice and
fifty six attendances for treatment In 1954.
Non-Notifiable Diseases. School teachers reported two
hundred and thirty nine cases of Chicken pox, one hundred and
sixteen cases of Mumps and seven cases of German Measles. School
notifications are a useful Indication of the prevalence of nonnotlflable
diseases and form a basis for consultation with the
school medical officer.
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