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Ringworm. Only 23 cases of ringworm of the scalp were
treated during the year. This low incidence is satisfactory. The
authority has an arrangement with the London Hospital for X-ray
treatment, and each patient is seen by a school doctor before the
commencement of treatment and later before he is re-admitted to
school. The number of patients treated by X-rays during the
year was 13. The incidence of ringworm of the body fell considerably
; the number of cases treated during the year was 98, as
compared with 149 in 1936.
As a result of complaints which were received regarding

the spread of ringworm during the year 1937, it was decided to
exclude from school any child who was suffering from ringworm
of the body, in addition to cases of ringworm of the head.
Scabies. Reference was made above to the regrettable
increase in the incidence of this disease. So far as the household
is concerned, this complaint is a particularly difficult one to deal
with. The individual patient usually reacts rapidly to proper
treatment and frequent changes of clothing, but it is well known
that adults are frequently infected, and treatment in these cases is
most difficult. There is no doubt that the only satisfactory method
of dealing with the condition is by continuous treatment of all the
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