[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Halifax County Borough.

Halifax (England). County Borough Council. nb2008024085.

Date:: 1945

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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Halifax County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Scabies. ✓ The incidence of scabies continued to decline during the period under review. I 3,111 of the opinion that one treatment with benzyl benzoate—properly carried out—will cure over 96% of cases, and that the remaining 4% can be cured by one or two additional treatments. Controversy rages around the question of the necessity for the disinfection of clothing and bedding. Some authorities maintain that formites play no part in the spread of scabies. Other authorities differ from this contention. We cannot say that scabies is never spread through the medium of formites, and until the problem is solved, we are inclined to adopt measures, the validity of which is problematical.