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157 1906
Small Pox.—No case of this disease was known amongst children
attending the public elementary schools.
Scarlet Fever.—785 children were attacked, as against an average of
655 during the past 10 years.
This return is the highest since 1896, when 842 scholars suffered from this
disease. It is, therefore, no wonder to find that Scarlet Fever attacked some
scholars in every school except one, namely, St. Pauls, Dorset Street. The
schools chiefly affected were Rotherfield Street, in which 36 cases occurred;
Station Road, where there were 35; Canonbury Road, 32; Blundell Street,
44; Ecclesbourne Road, 40; Queen's Head Street, 40; Burghley Road, 26 ;
Cottenham Road, 21; and Gifford Street, 24 cases. A list is given of the cases
in each school in Table CVII.
These were also known 280 cases among children who lived in houses from
which other children attended the several elementary schools.
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.—177 cases were known amongst
scholars, as compared with an average of 274 in the preceding 10 years. With
two exceptions this is the smallest number that has hitherto been chronicled.
There were also 145 cases among children who lived in houses whence other
children attended school.
Enteric Fever. - 33 cases occurred among scholars and were distributed
among 22 schools. The return is 13 below the average of the preceding ten
years. There were also 50 cases known among persons who lived in houses
whence children attended school.
Other Fevers, which include Erysipelas, attacked only three children,
while on the other hand 31 cases were known among persons who lived in
houses from which children attended the several elementary schools.
Non-Notifiable Diseases.—Never before in the history of the London
public elementary schools have so many cases been reported to the Medical
Officer of Health of the Borough as in 1906, when 4,135 cases were notified by
the head teachers. Of these 1,935 were Measles, 425 Chicken Pox, 300 Whooping
Cough and 1,375 other diseases such as Mumps, Skin Diseases, etc.
In the great majority of these cases the Sanitary Inspectors visited the
scholars' houses and left instructions as to what the parents should do under