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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Fulham 1910
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1910
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| Name of School. | Classroom. | Period of Exclusion. |
|---|---|---|
| North End Road | all under 5 | 30th May to 10th June. |
| Hugon Road | G. | 8th July to 20th July. |
| Langford Road | all under 5 | 27th June to 11th July. |
| Hugon Road | G. | 8th July to 15th July. |
| Langford Road | all under 5 | 11th July to 20th July. |
| Lillie Road | Do. | 30th Sept. to 14th Oct. |
| Hugon Road | E. | 10th Oct. to 14th Oct. |
| Fulham Palace Road | A. | 3rd to 18th Nov. |
| Do. do. | B. | 7th to 21st Nov. |
| Sherbrooke Road | all under 5 | 10th to 30th Nov. |
| Langford Road | F. | 14th to 18th Nov. |
| Fulham Palace Road | E. | 14th Nov. to 2nd Dec. |
| William Street | — | 17th Nov to 2nd Dec. |
| St. Dunstan's Road | G. | 21st Nov. to 25th Nov. |
| Everington Street | D, A & B. | 19th Dec. to holidays. |
| Beaufort House | A. | 12th Dec. to holidays. |
| St. John's | A. | Do. |
Hospital Treatment of Measles.
In December last the managers of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board were empowered by the Local Government
Board to receive into their hospitals children suffering from
measles or whooping cough who are either in the institutions
of the Poor Law Guardians or can be admitted into a
Poor Law Infirmary by order of the Relieving Officer, and it
is to be hoped that this Order will be extended so as to
empower the Managers to admit, so far as their hospital
accommodation will allow, other besides Poor Law cases of
measles into their hospitals, since, as I have on several
occasions pointed out, a large proportion of those who
succumb to the disease would recover if they could be removed
from their unfavourable surroundings and properly nursed.
Whooping Cough.
Whooping cough was the assigned cause of 60 deaths, or
2 over the decennial average; 58 of the deaths were of
children under five years of age. Unfortunately, like
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