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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 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Children suffering from whooping-cough are also visited by the
women inspectors. Nine children were removed to Metropolitan
Asylums Board's hospitals. Disinfection of nine rooms was carried
out.
Schools and Infectious Disease.
School teachers are required to notify the Medical Officer of Health
when they exclude children on account of infectious disease.
when they exclude children on account of infectious disease. The
following list shows how far this was carried out and the nature of the
cases notified:—
The following list shows how far this was carried out and the nature of the cases notified:—
| School. | Actual Cases. | Infection in House. | Other Causes. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken-pox. | Measles. | Mumps. | Whooping-cough. | | Chicken-pox. | Measles. | Mumps. | Whooping-cough. | ||
| Buckingham Gate | 2 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 5 ringworm. | |
| Charing Cross Road | 3 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Horseferry Road | 1 | 15 | 16 | 13 | - | 27 | 1 | 6 | 3 ringworm. |
| 4 ophthalmia. | |||||||||
| Millbank | 16 | 74 | 11 | 52 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 28 ringworm. |
| Pulteney | 27 | 12 | 5 | — | 13 | 18 | 2 | — | |
| St. George's Row | 20 | 5 | 26 | 30 | 8 | 1 | — | 9 | 7 ringworm. |
| Wild Street | 17 | 10 | 7 | — | 5 | 8 | _ | — | 2 ringworm. |
| Brompton Higher Grade | 25 | 5 | — | 17 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 ringworm. |
| Burdetc Coutts | 3 | 18 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 7 ringworm. |
| Cathedral, Great Peter Street | — | 1 | 14 | — | — | 3 | — | — | |
| Christ Church | 2 | 3 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | |
| Holy Trinity | 24 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 7 ringworm. |
| 1 German measles. | |||||||||
| St. Anne's | 2 | 20 | 21 | 19 | — | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 ringworm. |
| St. Anselm's | 30 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 6 | — | 2 | 2 ringworm. |
| St. Barnabas | 1 | 18 | 66 | 2 | 1 | 11 | — | — | 14 ringworm. |
| St. Clement Danes | 12 | 1 | 13 | — | 7 | — | 1 | — | 5 ringworm. |
| St. Edward's, Dufour's Place | 1 | 20 | — | — | 7 | — | — | 1 scabies. | |
| St. Gabriel's | 10 | 6 | 51 | 29 | 7 | 10 | - | 31 | 16 ringworm. |
| 16 scabies. | |||||||||
| St. George's, South Street | — | 77 | 3 | 4 | — | 12 | — | — | 6 ringworm. |
| St. James the Less | 9 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 10 | - | 1 | 5 ringworm. |
| 1 German measles. | |||||||||
| St. James' and St. Peter's | 5 | 33 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | |
| St. Margaret's | — | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| St. Martin's, Adelaide Place | 25 | 29 | — | 14 | 2 | 7 | — | 1 | |
| St. Martin's, Castle Street | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | |
| St. Mary's, Hide Place | 13 | 23 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 16 | — | — | 6 ringworm. |
| St. Matthew's | 2 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1 German measles. | |||||||||
| St. Michael's | 3 | 23 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | — | — | 5 ringworm. |
| 1 German measles. | |||||||||
| St. Paul's | — | 7 | 31 | 9 | _ | _ | 5 | _ | |
| St. Peter's, Lower Belgrave Place | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Wesleyan Training | 5 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 9 | — | — | |
| 262 | 478 | 351 | 267 | 91 | 223 | 14 | 65 | ||
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 346 notifications were sent out during 1911
to school teachers as follows;—