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Paddington 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 32. Borough Schools, 1903. Notified Diseases.
| Name of School. | Residents in Borough. | Residing beyond Borough. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | |||
| Board Schooi.s — Amberley Road | p.a. 27 | p.N.a. 6 | p.a. 4 | p.N.a. 2 | ||
| Beethoven Street | 17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| Campbell Street | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Droop Street | 15 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| F.ssendine Road | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Harrow Road | 23 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 5 |
| Kilburn Lane | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 116 | 40 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 5 |
| Voluntary Schools— Bayswater Jewish | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |
| Cirencester Street R.C. | 1 | |||||
| Holy Trinity | 5 | 1 | 2 | |||
| St. Augustine | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 4 |
| St. James | 1 | 1 | ||||
| St. John, Kilburn Lane | 7 | 3 | ||||
| St. John, Titchborne Street | 2 | 1 | ||||
| St. Luke, Kilburn | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 1 | |
| St. Mary | 14 | 5 | ||||
| St. Mary of the Angels, R.C. | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||
| St. Mary Magdalene | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | ||
| St. Matthew | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| St. Michael | 2 | 3 | 10 | |||
| St. Paul | 7 | 6 | ||||
| St. Peter | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| St. Saviour | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| St. Stephen | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 |
| Westbourne | 2 | |||||
| Wilberforce | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 |
| Woodfield | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Wordsworth | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 88 | 40 | 36 | 16 | 96 | 22 |
P.A.— Patients attending school. P.N.A.—Patients not attending school.
Among the Voluntary Schools two also showed considerable increase in cases of this
disease, viz.:—
St. Mary 0 cases in 1902; 14 in 1903.
St. Mary Magdalene 5 ,, „ 12 „
It was not thought necessary to close any of the schools, but at the schools mentioned
close scrutiny was kept over the attendance and dates of attack of the reported cases, and
frequent Visits of inquiry were paid to the schools. As regards St. Mary's School 4 cases
(out of the 14 reported in the year) were from one family.
Diphtheria.—At only one school (St. Michael's) was there any special prevalence of this
disease, 10 cases occurring during the year, compared with none in 1902. The outbreak
began during the week ended 21st February, and the school was closed under Art. 88 of the
Code on March 21st. The cases did not exceed 2 in any week, but that the school was
infected is evidenced by the following facts:—
(а) All the cases of diphtheria (10) reported in South Paddington, between the middle of February and the
middle of March, were children attending this school; and
(б) After closure of the school, no further cases occurred in that part of the Borough during the next
six weeks.