London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Chelsea 1913

Annual report for 1913 of the Medical Officer of Health

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33
Notifications sent to—
Battersea 58
City of London 31
Fulham 73
Hammersmith 19
Islington 25
Kensington 38
Lambeth 17
Marylebone 58
Paddington 19
St. Pancras 22
Stepney 16
Wandsworth 19
Westminster 87
Other Metropolitan Boroughs 63
District Councils 74
Total 619
Notifications received from—
Kensington 55
Marylebone 13
Westminster 20
Other Boroughs 18
106
School Cases —The number of notifiable and non-notifiable cases of
infectious diseases reported by the schools in 1913 was 978. There is
still a great variation in the number of children notified by the different
schools, as is shown by the following table.
In some cases the homes are visited, and advice is given to the
parent, when there is no medical practitioner in attendance. Information
is also given to the various schools, if there are contacts continuing
to attend school, who have not suffered from the disease notified. Altogether
78 visits were paid, in connection with measles.

School Notifications of Non-Notifiable Diseases.Numbers of Children notified from—

School Notifications of Non-Notifiable Diseases.Numbers of Children notified from—
Ashburnham School187
Christ Church ,,73
Cook's Ground ,,46
Holy Trinity „17
Hortensia ,,1
Marlborough-road School267
Oratory School25
Park-walk „191
St. Mark's College School6
St. Joseph's School14
St. Luke's ,,36
Servite ,,78
Walton-street „3
Whitelands „0
Schools outside Borough34
978