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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
Islington 1896
Forty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington
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[1896
attended by any children who resided on the premises, and the results
are embodied in the Table LXXXVII. Here it is found that 1,252
children attacked with an infectious disease attended school.
Small Pox attacked 3 scholars.
Scarlet Fever „ 844 „
Diphtheria „ 355 „
Enteric Fever „ 28 „
Other Fevers 12 „
Total 1,242 „
On the other hand, the same diseases attacked persons who were
not scholars, but who lived in houses in which scholars resided, in the
following numbers:—
Small Pox 17 persons.
Scarlet Fever 329 „
Diphtheria 240 „
Enteric Fever 72 „
Other Fevers 166 „
Total 824 „
As regards the prevalence of Scarlet Fever in the schools, it will
be noticed that the largest number of cases occurred in the following
schools:—
Thornhill Road, B.S. 49 cases.
Gillespie Road, B.S. 39 „
Grafton Road, B.S. 34 „
Pakeman Street, B.S. 32 „
Queen's Head Street, B.S. 30 „
St. Phillip's, C.S. 30 „
Shepperton Road, B.S. 29 ,,
Duncombe Road, B.S. 24 „
St. Mark's, Grove Road, C.S. 29 „