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A preliminary analysis of the results has shown that the vaccines
tested have significantly lessened the incidence and severity of the
infection in the inoculated children. More work is required, however,
to find out the best method of preparing a uniformly effective
vaccine, and it is hoped that parents in Tottenham will co-operate
in a further investigation in the same wholehearted manner as they
have done in the past.
Scabies.
As a war-time measure, the Scabies Order was made in 1941 to
combat the exceptional increase of scabies which threatened to be
detrimental to the war effort. It was considered that the powers of
entry into residential premises, and of compulsory examination and
treatment, as contained in the Order, were not warranted in peace
time and the Order was allowed to expire on the 31st December, 1947.
Control has now reverted to reliance on the normal statutory
powers as contained in the Public Health Acts.
Scabies is, however, notifiable in this Borough, and the necessary
treatment is arranged at the Public Cleansing Station.
Notifications during 1948 numbered 63, and the following chart
shows a steady diminution in the incidence of this disease.