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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Infants' Department.—School closed from November 28th to
December 15th, and department disinfected.
Eight cases were notified after the closing of the school up to
the 31st December, but five of these were possibly infected
previously.
The sanitary condition of the school is all that could be desired,
but the school itself is built on a site similar to that on which
the rest of the houses on the Hyde Farm Estate were erected.
During the year 1902, 69 cases of Diphtheria were notified
from the Hyde farm area, 42 being of children attending Cavendish
Road School, and 27 of persons above or below school age.
27 cases occurred in Hydethorpe Road, 15 in Scholars Road,
17 in Pentney Road, two in Haverhill Road, seven in Cambray
Road, and one in that part of Cavendish Road on this estate.
Eight cases occurred in one household, five in another, four in
three households, two in 10 households, and one case in 42 households.
The following report was made to the Public Health Committee
on the 6th November, but after that date 41 cases were
notified. The report of the Surveyor of the Eastern District is also
given.
Report on the prevalence of Diphtheria on the Hyde
Farm Estate.
During the present year 28 cases of Diphtheria have been
notified from houses on the Hyde Farm Estate, in the parish of
Clapham, and as the houses are new and the sanitary arrangements
thoroughly satisfactory it is necessary to look for some other
cause than the unsanitary condition of the premises for the prevalence
of the disease.
This neighbourhood has, since the estate was opened up for
building purposes in 1896, always had a bad Diphtheria record.