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Shoreditch 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND SCHOOLS.
In the following table are set forth the numbers of children belonging to Shore-ditch who were suffering from infectious diseases or were residing in houses in which infectious diseases existed, concerning whom intimations of exclusion from school were received from the head-teachers of the schools they attended in accordance with the requirements of the school management code of the London County Council:—
| School. | Enteric Fever. | Small Pox. | Diphtheria. | Scarlet Fever. | Measles. | Chicken Pox. | Whooping Cough. | Mumps. | Other diseases. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltic Street | . | . | . | 4 | 8 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 14 |
| Bath Street | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Canal Road | . | . | 1 | 1 | 22 | 4 | . | 1 | 2 | 31 |
| Catherine Street | . | . | 3 | 12 | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | 18 |
| Central Street | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Chatham Gardens. | . | . | . | 5 | . | . | . | . | 12 | 17 |
| Christ Church | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 6 | 8 |
| Coleman Street Ward | . | . | . | . | 3 | 8 | . | . | . | 11 |
| Curtain Road | . | . | . | 4 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 68 |
| Daniel Street | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | 2 |
| Fellows Street | . | . | . | 2 | 43 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 81 |
| Gopsall Street | . | . | 5 | 6 | 68 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 56 | 171 |
| Haggerston Road | . | . | 4 | 5 | 55 | 21 | 75 | 13 | 34 | 207 |
| Hammond Square. | . | . | 4 | 6 | 50 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 37 | 131 |
| Hugh Myddleton Deaf Centre | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Maidstone Street | . | . | . | 10 | 17 | 8 | . | 31 | 27 | 93 |
| Napier Street | . | . | 15 | 118 | 120 | 30 | . | . | 1 | 284 |
| Queens Road | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 2 |
| Redvers Street | . | . | 2 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 77 |
| Rochelle Street | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| St. Columbia | . | . | . | . | 13 | . | 9 | . | 1 | 23 |
| St. John's National | . | . | 2 | 5 | 17 | 2 | . | . | . | 26 |
| St. John's Road | . | . | 7 | 25 | 57 | 29 | . | 4 | 40 | 162 |
| St. Joseph's | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| St. Mark's | . | . | . | . | 6 | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| St. Monica | . | . | . | . | 5 | . | . | . | . | 5 |
| St. Paul's | . | . | 5 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 8 |
| St. Saviour's | . | . | 1 | 11 | 18 | 1 | . | . | 7 | 38 |
| St. Thomas, Charterhouse | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Scawfell Street | . | . | 12 | 31 | 67 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 81 | 243 |
| Scrutton Street | . | . | 3 | 3 | 19 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 27 |
| Shap Street | . | . | 3 | 73 | 71 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 77 | 249 |
| Shepperton Road | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | 2 |
| Teesdale Street | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | 2 |
| Tottenham Road | . | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | |
| Trinity Place | . | . | . | 19 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 84 |
| Wenlock Road | . | . | 5 | 5 | 31 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 44 |
| Total | 4 | . | 76 | 361 | 759 | 184 | 163 | 132 | 477 | 2156 |