London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Chelsea 1914
Annual report for 1914 of the Medical Officer of Health
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| Kensington | 66 |
| Marylebone | 16 |
| Westminster | 27 |
| Other Boroughs | 19 |
| Total | 128 |
| Battersea | 67 |
| City of London | 31 |
| Fulham | 77 |
| Hammersmith | 17 |
| Islington | 25 |
| Kensington | 40 |
| Lambeth | 17 |
| Marylebone | 74 |
| Paddington | 27 |
| St. Pancras | 22 |
| Stepney | 17 |
| Wandsworth | 20 |
| Westminster | 86 |
| Other Metropolitan Boroughs | 83 |
| District Councils | 61 |
| Total | 664 |
School Cases.—The number of notifiable and non-notifiable cases of
infectious diseases reported by the schools in 1914 was 897. 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.
School Notifications of Infectious Diseases.
Numbers of Children notified from :—
| Ashburnham School | 182 |
| Christ Church School | 39 |
| Cook's Ground School | 135 |
| Holy Trinity School | 27 |
| Hortensia School | 3 |
| Marlborough-road School | 163 |
| Oratory School | 19 |
| Park-walk School | 152 |
| St. Mark's College School | 5 |
| St. Joseph's School | 42 |
| St. Luke's School | 43 |
| Servite School | 50 |
| Tadema-road School | 29 |
| Whitelands School | 0 |
| Schools outside Borough | 8 |
| 897 |