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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 1905

Fiftieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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1905] 132
INFECTIOUS DISEASE IN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY
SCHOOLS.
Notifiable Diseases.—Among the 1,927 cases of the notifiable infectious
diseases, it was found that 832 children were in attendance at one or other of
the Public Elementary Schools, and that 509 cases occurred in houses from
which children attended similar institutions. The proportion of school
children suffering from those diseases to every 100 cases notified was 43.2,
while the proportion of non-scholars who lived in the same houses with
scholars was 26.4 per cent.

Table: An examination of the returns shows that the scholars who had been attacked suffered from the following diseases :—

An examination of the returns shows that the scholars who had been attacked suffered from the following diseases :—

Scarlet Fever640
Diphtheria138
Enteric Fever31
Other notifiable diseases23
Total832

Table: The non-scholars who lived in houses from which scholars attended school were notified as suffering from :—

The non-scholars who lived in houses from which scholars attended school were notified as suffering from :—

Scarlet Fever206
Diphtheria131
Enteric Fever60
Other Fevers112
Total509

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In all these cases the children attending school were kept at home until
the premises and clothing had been thoroughly disinfected, and afterwards
until sufficient time had elapsed to make certain that they themselves had not
contracted the disease.
The figures since 1896, showing the number of scholars who have been
annually attacked are sub-joined.