[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Northampton County Borough.

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TABLE G.—OTHER TREATMENT GIVEN {a) Pupils with minor ailments . Number of cases known to have been dealt with 426 (b) Pupils who received convalescent treatment under School Health Service arrangements . (c) Pupils who received B.C.G. vaccination .. .. 1,396 (d) Pupils who received ultra-violet light treatment .... 20 (e) Pupils who received extra nutriments. 17 Total . 1,859 'Vx, PART IV.—DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT (This Table is printed on page 102). INCIDENCE OF NOTIFIABLE DISEASES The table below gives a comparison of the cases of notifiable disease amongst the general population and children of school age during 1960:— Notifiable Disease Total Cases notified (All Ages) Cases amongst Children of School Age Acute Poliomyelitis— Paralytic . 1 Non-paralvtic .. 1 Dysentery ... 191 79 Erysipelas ...... 13 Food Poisoning .... 13 3 * Measles ... 29 7 Opthalmia Neonatorum ..... 1 * Pneumonia ... 18 1 * Scarlet Fever .... 100 73 Typhoid Fever ..... 1 *Whooping Cough .. 98 34 Tuberculosis— Respiratory ... 31 1 Other Forms .... 7 * Most cases of these diseases were not investigated.