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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
City of Westminster 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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The following list shows how far this was carried out and the nature of the cases notified:-
| Actual Cases. | Infection in House. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School. | Chicken-pox. | Measles. | Mumps. | Whooping-cough. | Chicken-pox. | Measles. | Mumps. | Whooping-cough. | Other Causes. |
| Buckingham Gate | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | — | 7 ringworm. 1 eczema. 1 German measles. |
| Charing Cross Read | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | - | — | - | - | 1 German measles. |
| Horseferry Road | 8 | 28 | - | - | 1 | 13 | - | - | 6 ringworm. 11 scabies. |
| Millbank | 42 | 28 | 79 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 21 ringworm. 2 ophthalmia. 1 German measleg. |
| Pulteney | 6 | 5 | - | 1 | 3 | 5 | - | - | 3 ringworm. 2 scabies. |
| St. George's Row | 3 | 75 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 10 | - | - | 2 ringworm. 1 scabies. |
| Wild Street | 2 | 2 | — | 19 | — | 2 | — | 2 | |
| Brompton Higher Grade | — | 17 | — | 2 | — | 4 | — | 1 | |
| Burdets Coutts | 15 | 36 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 12 | — | 1 | 5 ringworm. |
| Cathedral, Great Peter Street | 6 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 6 ringworm. 1 scabies. |
| Christ Church | — | 20 | — | 6 | — | 11 | — | 1 | |
| Holy Trinity | 12 | 18 | - | 3 | 4 | 28 | - | 4 | 9 ringworm. 1 scabies. |
| St. Anne's | 2 | 39 | 1 | 7 | - | 16 | - | 1 | 11 ringworm. 1 scabies, l German measles. |
| St. Anselm's | 7 | 2 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 4 ringworm. 1 German measles. |
| St. Barnabas | 9 | 43 | — | 8 | 1 | 32 | — | 1 | 14 ringworm. |
| St. Clement Danes | — | 29 | — | 24 | — | 10 | — | - | 3 ringworm. |
| St. Edward's, Dufour's Place | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| St. Gabriel's | 2 | 54 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 42 | - | 7 | 5 ringworm. 3 scabies. |
| St. George's, South Street | 2 | 8 | 2 | 11 | — | 2 | — | 4 | 3 ringworm. |
| St. James the Less | 2 | 45 | 16 | 8 | - | 22 | 2 | - | 8 ringworm. 3 German measles |
| St. James' and St. Peter's | 31 | 7 | — | 9 | 6 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 scabies. |
| St. Margaret's | — | 8 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | |
| St. Martin's, Adelaide Place | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | - | 1 ringworm. |
| St. Martin's, Castle Street | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| St. Mary's, Hide Place | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | — | - | 12 ringworm. |
| St. Matthew's | 1 | 18 | - | - | 1 | 21 | - | - | 11 ringworm. 1 ophthalmia. 5 scabies. |
| St. Michael's | 9 | 30 | — | 1 | 3 | 13 | - | — | 3 ringworm. |
| St. Paul's | 3 | 3 | — | 2 | — | 1 | - | — | 8 ringworm. 3 blight. |
| St. Peter's, Lower Belgrave Place | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | |
| Wesleyan Training | — | 14 | 5 | 1 | — | 10 | — | — | 5 ringworm. |
| Westminster Jews' Free | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 ringworm. 4 scabies. |
| 182 | 555 | 119 | 159 | 53 | 281 | 12 | 24 | ||
A copy of each notification of fever, diphtheria, &c., received from
medical men is sent to the head teacher of the school attended by the
patient (if a child), or by any child who is an inmate of the same house
as the patient. In this way 341 notifications were sent out during 1910
to school teachers as follows:—
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