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Paddington 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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ADMINISTRATIVE WORK
which includes the same particulars as were given in Tables 38 and 39 of the report for 1905.
The first point to note is the preponderance of cases in the Provided Schools. This is not a
new feature, and has been commented on in previous reports. The following percentages,
based on the last available return of average attendances, shows the extent to which the
prevalence of disease in these schools exceeds that in the Non-provided.
Scarlet Fever. Diphtheria. Measles. Chickenpox. Whooping
Provided 2.85 0.49 2.20 1.44 0.73
Non-provided 2.20 0.33 1.70 1.44 0.23
It should be observed that the figures given in Table 30 are based on the weekly tabulation
of the notices sent to the schools in pursuance of the Public (London) Health Act. Such
returns are continuous throughout the year, and take no account of the occurrence of the
holidays.
The largest numbers of scholars affected were in Droop Street (Queen's Park Ward), 48
cases of scarlet fever; Essendine Road (Maida Vale Ward), 44 cases of scarlet fever and 14
of diphtheria; St. Mary Magdalene (Church Ward), 36 cases of scarlet fever; and Beethoven
Street (Queen's Park Ward), 35 cases of scarlet fever. Scarlet fever, as has already been
stated, was specially prevalent in Queen's Park, Harrow Road, and Church Wards. As the
children attending any one school are not drawn exclusively from the Ward in which the
school is situated, a closer agreement is not to be expected.
Of the 13 closures put into force during the year, one only was by Order of the Borough Council. The remainder were closed by the Medical Officer of the Education Committee, on request of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough. A list of the closures is appended:—
| School. | Class-room. | Closure. A | Disease. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of. | Duration of. | |||
| By Order of the Borough Council:— | ||||
| St. Paul (Infants) | 3 | 14th Mar. | 3 weeks. | Measles. |
| By Education Committee:— | ||||
| Moberley (Infants) | D | 13th Feb. | 2 „ | Measles. |
| St. Matthew's (Infants) | 2 and 3 | 9th May | 4 „ | |
| " " | 1 | 14th May | 3 „ | |
| St. Mary of the Angels | "Babies" | 5th July | 3 „ | |
| Droop Street (Infants) | F and G | 3 „ | ||
| St. Stephen (Infants) | C | 4th Oct. | 2 „ | |
| " " | B | 16th Nov. | 2 „ | |
| St. John, Titchborne St. (Inf.) | Whole Department | 24th Nov. | 2 „ | |
| Kilburn Lane (Infants) | Do. | 21st Dec. | 2 „ | |
| Essendine Road (Infants) | Do. | 9th Nov. | 2 " | Scarlet Fever. |
| Droop Street (Boys& Infants) | C and C | 7th Dec. | 2 " | |
| Kilburn Lane (Girls) | G | 28th Nov. | 2 " | |
An interchange is effected between the Medical Officers of Health of the adjacent districts
and this Borough, of returns relating to children attending schools outside the district
in which they reside. Practically all non-resident scholars of Paddington schools reside in