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On account of the occurrence of cases of measles amongst those attending,
the children under five years who had not had the disease were by order of the
school medical officer excluded from class rooms of the infants' departments of the
following schools: Gopsall Street, Haggerston Road, Hamond Square, Laburnum
Street, Maidstone Street, St. John's Road, Shap Street, Chatham Gardens, Catherine
Street, Scawfell Street, and Napier Street. At Scawfell Street the exclusions were
from four classrooms, at Chatham Gardens and Maidstone Street from three, and
at Hamond Square and Haggerston Road from two classes at each school. The
exclusions were in continuation of those which commenced in June, 1912, and
they lasted until June of the year under consideration. Thus, in January
47 children were excluded, in February 31, March 11, April 8, May 84, and
June 17. Altogether during the year some 201 children were excluded from
20 classrooms.
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.
Dr. Bulloch at the London Hospital Medical School made 205 examinations in
cases of suspected infectious diseases in the Borough. In 51 the examinations
were for sore throats suspected of being diphtheria ; in 10 of these the results were
positive as to the presence of the diphtheria bacillus. In five instances Widal's tests
were made in suspected cases of enteric fever; they were all negative. In 149
instances the sputum of persons suspected to have consumption was examined,
with positive results as to the presence of the tubercle bacillus in 26.
In addition 247 specimens were examined for tubercle bacilli at the
Tuberculosis Dispensary.
DISINFECTION.
During 1913 disinfection was carried out by the Sanitary Authority at 1,139
premises, as compared with 1,179 in 1912, 1,147 in 1911, 1,131 in 1910, 1,103 in
1909, 1,208 in 1908 and 1,688 in 1907. The articles removed and disinfected at
the Borough Disinfecting Station numbered 22,937, as compared with 24,497 in
1912, 25,295 in 1911, 24,788 in 1910, 26,544 in 1909, 22,056 in 1908, 34,095 in 1907,
26,693 in 1906, 33,745 in 1905, 14,063 in 1904, 8,911 in 1903, 55,025 in 1902 and
17,226 in 1901. The articles disinfected during the year included 1,112 beds, 1,331
mattresses, 2,004 pillows, 817 bolsters, and 17,673 other articles such as sheets,
blankets, quilts, curtains, carpets, clothing and the like. Included are 187 beds,
267 mattresses, 254 pillows, 103 bolsters and 1,450 other articles disinfected on
account of vermin. It was necessary to destroy 3 beds, 2 bed ticks and 11
palliasses which were so dilapidated and contaminated as to render it inadvisable
to return them. These were replaced with new.
THE SHELTER.
The Shelter was not in use during the year,