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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
Finsbury 1904
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1904 including annual report on factories and workshops
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During the year 304 cases of notifiable infectious diseases occurred in children at school, as follows:—
| School. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Chicken Pox. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albion Place | - | 1 | - | 14 | 15 |
| Ann Street | 13 | 4 | — | 2 | 19 |
| Baltic Street | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| Bath Street | 15 | 3 | - | 6 | 24 |
| Bowling Green Lane | 12 | 1 | - | 2 | 15 |
| Central Street | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| Chequer Street | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 |
| Compton Street | 28 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 52 |
| Hugh Myddelton | 33 | 5 | - | 5 | 43 |
| Moreland Street | 10 | 3 | - | 5 | 18 |
| Risinghill Street | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| St. John Street Road (Martyr's Memorial) | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | 9 |
| White Lion Street | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| Winchester Street | 12 | 2 | 1 | - | 15 |
| Amwell Street | 8 | 2 | - | 3 | 13 |
| Brewer Street North | - | — | - | 1 | 1 |
| King Square (St. Barnabas) | 7 | 3 | - | - | 10 |
| St. Joseph's, Lamb's Passage | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 4 |
| St. Luke's, Old Street | 10 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 23 |
| St. Mark's, Old Street | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| S.S. Peter and Paul | 6 | 7 | - | 5 | 18 |
| Totals | 203 | 67 | 14 | 80 | 364 |
We have received from the Education Department of the London
County Council 146 certificates respecting cases of infectious
disease relative to the exclusion of 240 children who had been in
contact with those infected. No schools or departments of schools
have been closed during 1904 on account of infectious disease. We
received four complaints respecting verminous children under the
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1904, from the
Medical Officer of the Education Department (L.C.C.).
Sanitary Work in Schools, 1904.—At the Hugh
Myddelton (Laundry Centre) School and at the Baltic Street
(Cooking Centre) School, certain drainage work, etc., has been
carried out. Extensive re-drainage works have been constructed
at the old Radnor Street School, and some minor works carried out
at the School of St. Peter and St. Paul, Rosoman Street.