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Scabies.
There has been a slight fall in the number of cases attending
for treatment at the clinics, and the number of cases with secondary
infections is less, as parents recognise the defect, and are prepared
to have immediate treatment, and to co-operate in the arrangements
made for the whole family to be treated simultaneously.
Number of Cases of Scabies Treated by the School Medical
Service.
Lordship Lane Health Centre 217
Park Lane Health Centre 173
Markfield Road Baths for Downhills School Clinic 193
Total 581
(b) Notifiable.
Scarlet Fever 231
Diphtheria 72
Measles 386
Severity of Measles.
Total number of cases of measles visited by school nurses
from January—June, 1943 886
No. of cases reported with complications 28
Pneumonia 15
Severe bronchitis 4
Pleurisy 1
Otorrhoea 4
Removed to Hospital—cause probably home conditions 4
28
The above figures show the relatively small incidence of complications
occurring in cases of measles in school children.
BLIND, DEAF, DEFECTIVE AND EPILEPTIC CHILDREN.
School for the Deaf.
In February, 1943, the evacuated portion of the School for the
Deaf, and those who were still in Tottenham were re-united, and
later in the year the school was transferred from West Green School