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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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In this way 341 notifications were sent out during 1910 to school teachers as follows:-
| School. | Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckingham Grate. | - | 1 | - | - |
| Charing Cross Road | - | — | - | - |
| Horseferry Road | — | — | — | - |
| Millbank | — | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Pulteney | — | 2 | 1 | - |
| St. George's Row | — | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| Wild Street | — | — | — | — |
| Brompton Higher Grade | — | 2 | 3 | — |
| Burdett Coutts | — | 7 | 4 | — |
| Cathedral, 48, Great Peter Street Christ Church | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| — | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Curzon | — | 3 | — | |
| French Protestant | — | 1 | — | — |
| Grey Coat | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Holy Trinity St. Anne's | — | 4 | 1 | — |
| — | 4 | — | — | |
| St. Anselm's | — | 3 | 1 | - |
| St. Barnabas | — | 1 | 3 | — |
| St. Clement Danes | — | 3 | 1 | — |
| St. Edward's, Dufour's Place | — | 1 | - | — |
| St. Gabriel's | — | 7 | 2 | — |
| St. George's, South Street St. James's and St. Peter's | — | 6 | - | — |
| — | 2 | 1 | — | |
| St. James the Less | — | 1 | 2 | — |
| St. Margaret's | — | 1 | - | — |
| St. Martin's, Adelaide Place | — | 3 | 1 | — |
| St. Martin's, Castle Street | — | — | - | — |
| St. Marj's, Hide Place | — | 2 | 1 | — |
| St. Matthew's | — | 3 | 1 | — |
| St. Michael's | — | 6 | 9 | — |
| St.. Patrick's | — | — | 1 | - |
| St. Paul's, Caroline Street | — | — | — | _ |
| St. Paul's, Wilton Place | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| St. Peter's, Lower Belgrave Street | — | 7 | 4 | |
| St. "Vincent's | — | 2 | 1 | — |
| Wesleyan Training College | — | 8 | 2 | — |
29 rooms in five schools were disinfected, together with books and
other articles.
Between 500 and 600 children, varying from one and five years of
age, suffering from rickets, marasmus, chorea, eye affections and debility,
etc., were referred by the Health Visitors for special treatment to
Hospitals and Dispensaries. The fact that so many were found to
require special treatment shows the real need of continuing to watch
over them. By means of continuation sheets attached to the infant
cards a complete record of the life-history of each child will be available.
As the significance of this step becomes more widely appreciated a more
intimate and mutually advantageous association between the Health
Society and the Education Authority may be established.
370 school children (over 5 years of age) were visited for the Care
Committees and Hospital Almoners, the same Visitor being the Health
Visitor and the Care Committee Visitor in most cases. Reports were