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Paddington 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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ADMINISTRATIVE WORK. 53
were effected by the Medical Officer (Education) of the County, at the request of the
Medical Officer of Health of the Borough, such procedure ensuring promptitude of action, a
most essential part of such closure.
School Closures.
| Closure. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| School. | Class-room. | Date of. | Duration of | Disease. |
| By Education Committee:— | ||||
| St. Matthew's (Infants) | I. | Jan. 10th | 14 days | Measles. |
| „ „ | II. | „ 28th | 14 „ | „ |
| „ „ | II. and III. | Mar. 10th | 10 „ | „ |
| Campbell Street „ | C and D | Jan. 16th | 11 „ | „ |
| „ „ | D | June 15th | 7 „ | „ |
| Amberley Road „ | C | Jan. 18th | 9 „ | „ |
| Kilburn Lane „ | F and F1 | ,, 20 th | 14 „ | „ |
| „ „ | E | Feb. 13th | 11 „ | „ |
| Beethoven Street „ | A | Jan. 20th | 7 „ | „ |
| „ „ | C | „ 31st | 10 „ | „ |
| „ „ | B | Feb. 14 th | 10 „ | „ |
| „ „ | G | Mar. 2nd | 7 „ | „ |
| Moberly „ | D | Jan. 23rd | 11 „ | „ |
| „ „ | E | Feb. 14th | 10 „ | „ |
| „ „ | F | May 19th | 6 „ | „ |
| „ „ | F | June 9th | 7 „ | „ |
| „ „ | D | July 14th | 2 „ | Scarlet fever |
| St. James' „ | C | Mar. 9th | 7 „ | Measles |
| „ „ | G | „ „ | 12 „ | „ |
| St. John's, Kilburn Lane (Infants) | I | „ 10th | 6 „ | „ |
| St. Michael's (Infants) | C | May 2nd | 6 „ | „ |
"Unprotected" Children Excluded.
| Exclusion. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School. | Class-room. | Date of. | Duration of. | Disease. | |
| Beethoven Street (Infants) | D | June 8th | 7 days | Measles | |
| ,, ,, | C | ,, 9th | 7 ,, | ,, | |
| ,, ,, | C | ,, 25th | 7 ,, | ,, | |
| Moberly ,, | A | July 6th | 18 ,, | ,, | |
| St. Luke's | I | Oct. 21st | 12 ,, | ,, | |
| Our Lady of Dolours ,, | B | Nov. 3rd | 8 ,, | ,, | |
| Amberley Road ,, | A | „ 6th | 10 ,, | ,, | |
| Campbell Road ,, | C and D | ,, 23rd | 7 ,, | ,, | |
Internotification.—Duplicate notices relating to non-resident patients attending local
schools, are received from the Medical Officers of Health of the circumjacent districts, similar
information relating to their schools being forwarded to them. The numbers of cases of
scarlet fever and diphtheria so reported are given in Table 35 (" N.R. " cols.). A complete
list of the 114 notices received from Kensington, Hampstead, and Willesden, is given below :—
Kensington. Willesden. Hampstead.
Scarlet fever 22 64 4
Diphtheria 6 8 2
Enteric fever - 3 —
Measles - 5 —
28 80 6