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Paddington 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Report of Medical Officer of Health.] 33
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.
The customary return of cases reported in connection with the public elementary schools in the
Parish will be found in Table 14.
TABLE 14.
| Scholars Attending. | Patients not Scholars. | From Outside. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. F. | Dip. | S. F. | Dip. | S. F. | Dip. | ||
| Board. | Amberley Eoad | 11 | 3 | 15 | 10 | _ | |
| Campbell Street | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | |
| Essendine Eoad | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | — | — | |
| Harrow Road | 18 | 5 | 38 | 13 | 1 | — | |
| Totals | 36 | 10 | 66 | 34 | 4 | 1 | |
| Other Public Elementary Schools. | All Saints | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Bayswater Jewish | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | |
| Cirencester Street, R.C. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | |
| Holy Trinity | 5 | — | 13 | — | — | — | |
| St. Augustine | 3 | — | 5 | 2 | 18 | 15 | |
| St. James | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | |
| St. John | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| St. Luke, Kilburn | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
| St. Luke, Westbourne Park | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | |
| St. Mary | 6 | 2 | 10 | 6 | — | ||
| St. Mary of the Angels | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | |
| St. Mary Magdalene | 9 | 3 | 16 | 14 | — | — | |
| St. Matthew | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | |
| St. Michael | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 | — | — | |
| St. Paul | 2 | 5 | 9 | 7 | — | — | |
| St. Peter | 7 | — | 11 | 2 | — | — | |
| St. Saviour | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | — | — | |
| St. Stephen | 11 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 6 | |
| Saltram Crescent High School | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | — | |
| Westbourne | 6 | — | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Woodfield | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | — | 1 | |
| Totals | 75 | 28 | 139 | 65 | 32 | 30 | |
There were reductions in the numbers of children, who were scholars, attacked both with
scarlet fever and diphtheria, notably the latter. On the other hand, there were increases in the
numbers of households sending scholars who were required to be excluded from school on account of
infectious illness in other members of the households. The figures for 1899 and 1900 are
contrasted below:—
Scholars attacked. Families excluded.
Scarlet fever:— 1899. 1900. 1899. 1900.
Board schools 56 36 14 66
Other schools 74 75 18 139
Diphtheria:—
Board schools 27 10 4 34
Other schools 44 28 13 65