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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 1906

Fifty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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165 1906

Table: Table CVI.Infectious Diseases in the Public Elementary Schools.

Table CVI.

Infectious Diseases in the Public Elementary Schools.

Year.Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Other Diseases.Total Scholars.Proportion to every 100 cases notified.
189638423552812124032.4
1897...7532673812107036.8
1898..64020637889136 9
1899...7252906111108736 9
19001542283671390639.8
1901..6694387232112142.5
1902146644056434118137.3
1903...507216351677445. 3
1904...571138282075739. 0
1905...640138312383243.2
Ten years Average2655274461899539.0
1906...78517733399843.9

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The diseases which attacked non.scholars who lived in houses from which
children attended school were as follows:—
Scarlet Fever 280
Diphtheria 145
Enteric Fever 53
Other Fevers 31
509
In the case of children attending school from infected houses, the parents
were in every instance given strict instructions to keep them at home until
such time as the premises and clothing had been disinfected. Indeed, the
London County Council School Code prohibits their admission in most cases
until the teacher has received a certificate from the Medical Officer of Health
stating that the premises were free from infection.
It may be mentioned here that the regulations of the London County
Council, with regard to the exclusion of children, have recently undergone
revision, and it is therefore necessary to state those that now prevail.