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
Paddington 1898
Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1898
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succession of cases at close intervals from any given
school, especially if the patients be in the same class,
or about the same age, there is a strong presumption
that there has been a transference of infection from
child to child, owing to the contact occasioned by school
attendance, such transference being possible either in
the class-room, playground, or street. It would
unduly lengthen this report to enter into details of
all the schools mentioned in the Table, and it will
perhaps suffice to consider the cases from the school,
in connection with which the largest number of cases
was recorded during the year.
The cases occurred in the following succession :—
| Sex and Age. | Sickened. | Attended last. | Sex and Age. | Sickened. | Attended last. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| m. 4 | 3 vii. | 1 vii. | f. 11 | 20 x. | 20 x. |
| f. 11 | 4 vii. | 4 vii. | f. 10 | 3 xi. | 3 xi. |
| (Holidays.) | f. 9 | 9 xi. | 15 xi. | ||
| m. 6 | 15 ix. | 15 ix. | m. 6 | 26 xi. | 25 xi. |
| m. 7 | 18 ix. | 16 ix. | f. 6 | 30 xi. | 30 xi. |
| f. 13 | 14 x. | 14 x. | f. 7 | 20 xii. | 20 xi. |
Boys' School.
| Sex and Age. | Sickened. | Attended last. |
|---|---|---|
| m. 10. | 19 x. | 19 x. |
* As regards the attendance at this school (the largest in the Pariah) see
Table 11.
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