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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 1910
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1910
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Infectious Disease in Schools.—During the year 255
children were excluded from school owing to the presence, of
notifiable infectious disease in their homes.
In addition, 2,945 children were kept at home in connection
with outbreaks of measles, hooping cough, chicken pox and
other infectious or contagious disorders in their households.
The names and addresses of the children concerned were sent
to the Public Health Department by the school teachers.
The figures for the year have been as follows :—
| SCHOOLS. | Average Attend-ance in 1910. | NOTIFIED BY MEDICAL MEN. | INFORMATION FROM SCHOOLS. | Total. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever. | Diph-theria. | Enteric Fever. | Measles. | Hooping Cough. | Chicken Pox. | Other Diseases | |||
| Albion Place | 579 | 2 | 2 | _ | 3 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 39 |
| Amwell Street | 569 | 5 | — | — | 68 | 9 | 3 | 47 | 132 |
| Ann Street | 878 | 9 | 11 | — | 63 | 20 | 14 | 40 | 157 |
| Baltic Street | 577 | 7 | 8 18 | — | 55 | — | 9 | 56 | 135 |
| Bath Street | 1,272 | 8 | — | 19 | 3 | 10 | 46 | 104 | |
| Bowling Green Lane.. | 689 | 8 | 4 | — | 7 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 44 |
| Central Street | 726 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 81 | 11 | 5 | 34 | 158 |
| Chequer Street | 736 | 4 | 4 | — | 57 | 4 | 29 | 17 | 115 |
| Compton Street | 1,082 | 11 | 6 | — | 66 | 6 | 12 | 43 | 144 |
| Hugh Myddelion | 1,441 | 26 | 20 | 1 | 173 | 36 | 34 | 111 | 401 |
| Moreland Street | 1,017 | 8 | 1 | — | 68 | 10 | 5 | 28 | 120 |
| Risinghill Street | 1,238 | 9 | 3 | — | 111 | 36 | 8 | 19 | 186 |
| Winchester Street | 1,225 | 8 | 9 | — | 86 | 40 | 33 | 34 | 220 |
| White Lion Street | 849 | 12 | 12 | — | 69 | 17 | 9 | 29 | 148 |
| St. John Street | 145 | 1 | 3 | — | 5 | — | — | — | 9 |
| St. Luke's | 691 | 1 | 3 | — | 43 | 1 | — | 9 | 57 |
| St. Mark's | 132 | — | — | — | 4 | — | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| St. Joseph's | 374 | 3 | — | — | 4 | — | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| St. Peter & Paul | 190 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | I | 2 | 5 |
| Totals | 14,410 | 139 | 114 | 2 | 983 | 208 | 188 | 566 | 2 200 |
The question is often asked why are there more notices of
disease from one school than another? Apart from the
differences in the number of scholars in attendance, there are
other reasons. 1 he forwarding of these notices by school teachers
is voluntary. Some teachers are more acute in matters of observation
and diagnosis than others and may take more care and have