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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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Boys' School.
| Sex and Age. | Date of Sickening. | Last Attendance. |
|---|---|---|
| m. 10 | 8 vi. | 8 vi. |
| m. 9 | 14 vii. | 14 vii. |
If the cases among children not attending school, but in houses whence others attended the school be added, and the whole arranged as before, the series becomes as follows: —
| Girls' and Infants' Schools. | |||
| 31 i. | 10 iii. | 2 vii. | 30 viii. |
| (2 ii.) | 12 iii. | 3 vii. | 3 ix. |
| (16 ii.) | 7 v. | 24 vii. | 29 ix. |
| (22 ii.) | 21 v. | (Holidays.) | 6 x. |
| 23 ii. | (11 vi.) | 26 viii. | 23 xi. |
| (4 iii.) | 17 vi. | ||
Note —The cases shown thus "( ) " are those of children or others
not attending the school, but members of families sending children to it.
This series is not so suggestive of transference of
infection in connection with the school as was that
of the diphtheria cases. Both as regards diphtheria
and scarlet fever the Boys' School appears to have
enjoyed almost complete immunity.
For some time past an exchange of information as
to infectious disease in connection with schools has
been regularly effected with the adjoining districts.
During the year 70 cases of diphtheria and scarlet
fever have been reported from those districts, viz., 37
from Willesden, 25 from Kensington, and 4 each from
St. Marylebone and Chelsea. Further information of
these cases is to be found in Table 11.
D 2