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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
Paddington 1909
Report on the vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1909
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60 administrative work.
"Unprotected" Children Excluded—continued.
| School. | Class-room. | Exclusion. | Disease. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of. | Duration of. | ||||
| Amberley Road | (Infants') | C | May 4th | 10 days | Measles. |
| D | „ 13th | 7 „ | |||
| B | 8 „ | ||||
| A | „ 18th | 8 „ | |||
| B | Nov 1st | 4 „ | |||
| St. Paul's | G | May 17 th | 4 „ | ||
| June 16th | 9 „ | ||||
| July 8th | 8 „ | ||||
| Campbell Street | D | May 20th | 8 „ | ||
| June 14th | 8 „ | ||||
| St. Saviour's | 1 and 2 | „ 7th | 4 „ | ||
| St Michael's | C | „ 10th | 8 „ | ||
| St. Augustine's | F | „ 18th | 7 ,, | ||
| Bayswater Jewish | All rooms | July 12th | 10 „ | ||
| St. Matthew's | III. | Sept. 20th | 7 „ | ||
| I. and II. | „ 27th | 4 „ | |||
| St Stephen's | B | Oct. 22nd | 7 „ | ||
| St. John's, | I | Dec. 20th | 4 „ | ||
Internotification.—Duplicate notices relating to non-resident patients attending local
schools, are received from the Medical Officers of Health of the circumjacent districts, similar
information relating to their schools being forwarded to them. The numbers of cases of
scarlet fever and diphtheria so reported are given in Table 35 ("N.R." cols.). A complete
list of the 123 notices received from Kensington, Hampstead, Willesden, and Marylebone is
given below:—
Kensington. Willesden. Hampstead. Marylebone.
Scarlet fever 20 66 9 4
Diphtheria 9 6 2 -
Enteric fever 1 - - -
Measles — 2 - -
Whooping Cough — 1 - -
Chickenpox — 2 - -
Cerebro-Spinal Fever 1 - - -
31 77 11 4
Bacteriological Examinations.—The specimens received during the year numbered 177
(see below), as compared with 137 in 1908, 135 in 1907, 127 in 1906, and 61 in 1905. Positive
results were obtained in 51 instances (22.0 per cent.), the percentages in 1908, 1907 and 1906
having been 41.6, 42.2 and 32.2 respectively. The increase in specimens of sputum is
satisfactory from an administrative point of view.
No. of specimens
received.
Results.
Positive. Negative.
Diphtheria 122 37 85
Enteric fever 27 7 20
"Consumption" 26 7 19
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis 2 — 2
Totals 177 51 126