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the elementary schools no case of the disease was known. This absence of
disease is particularly noteworthy in a large school like that of Gillespie Road.
The cases amongst scholars formed 39.3 per cent of the cases of Diphtheria
that were notified. There were also 131 cases notified from houses in which
scholars lived.
Enteric Fever.—31 cases occurred among scholars, but these cases
were distributed in 16 schools.
Other fevers, among which is Erysipelas, attacked 23 scholars in
attendance at 15 London County Council Schools, while 112 cases were known
in houses wherein scholars lived.
Non-Notifiable Infectious Diseases.—During the year the Teachers
of the Public Elementary Schools notified no less than 3,379 cases of Measles,
Chicken Pox, Whooping Cough and the other diseases, such as Mumps,
Ringworm, etc., to the Medical Officer of Health, as ordered by the London
County Council School Code.
In no previous year has such a large return been made by the teachers,
which no doubt is accounted for by the fact that greater activity in the
Medical Department of the Educational Committee of the County Council
now prevails than was formerly the case under the School Board for London.
Indeed, unstinted praise must be given for the greater zeal displayed by the
teachers in affording information, although it must be admitted that in some
of the schools there are some teachers still, who, either through ignorance of the
rules or want of appreciation of the benefit likely to accrue to their scholars
from prompt notification to the Medical Officer of Health, do not afford
the early information respecting these diseases that is so essential if they are
to be stopped from spreading among the scholars.
Measles.—999 cases of Measles were notified by the teachers, as against
355 cases in the preceding year. Of these, 103 occurred in Canonbury Road
School, 112 in Montem Street School, 78 in the Forster School, Hornsey
Road, 74 in Upper Hornsey Road School, 54 in Ecclesbourne Road School,
and 53 in Poole's Park School.
The great majority of these cases occurred in the Infants' Departments,
and particularly in the class rooms where the youngest children were taught.