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ADMINISTRATIVE WORK.
The bedding, clothes, &c., dealt with by the contractors weighed 54 tons (61 tons in 1913
and 50 tons in 1912), while the expenditure amounted to £1,085. Twenty complaints were
received with reference to disinfection, relating chiefly to missing articles, which were
subsequently returned.
Water Supply.—During the year 29 notices of discontinuance of supply were received
from the Metropolitan Water Board in pursuance of Section 48 of the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891, as compared with 44 in 1913 and 62 in 1912. The causes for the cutting off
of supply during the past year were reported to have been:—
Premises vacated 7(17)
Defective water fittings 8(7)
Non-payment of rates 14(20)
1 he italic figures show the corresponding numbers in 1913.
The inhabited houses from which the supply was cut off numbered 20. In 4 instances the
supply was restored without notice being served by the Department. Three summonses were
issued, two being in respect of houses regarding which Closing Orders under the Housing
Acts had already been made by the Council, but which had not been vacated. The tenants
were ordered to leave within three days. In the remaining instance a Closing Order was made
by the Magistrate.
mortuary.—During the year 321 bodies were deposited at the Paddington Green
Mortuary, being 12 less than in 1913.
Number of bodies deposited 321(333)
Coroner's cases 259(253)
Awaiting burial:—
Infectious 3(2)
Non-infectious 59(78)
P.M. examinations 119(120)
The italic figures show the corresponding numbers in 1913.
Schools.— Last year 1,407 notices were sent to head-teachers of schools in connection with
the notified diseases (excluding measles) and 1,917 with reference to other diseases, measles,
whooping cough, and chicken-pox. The figures for 1913 were 863 and 3,091 respectively. In
addition, 677 letters were sent re "school sickness."
Table 41 shows the numbers of attacks of the infectious diseases of which cognizance is taken
by the Department in the persons of scholars (P.A. cols.), and the frequencies of attacks (P.N.A.
cols.) in the persons of non-scholar members of families of school children.
Scarlet Fever.—Last year 450 scholars were attacked with scarlet fever, as compared with
298 in 1913 and 139 in 1912, the non-resident children included in those figures numbering 61
in 1914, 49 in 1913, and 23 in 1912. The attack rates last year were 30.1 per 1,000 in Provided
Schools and 167 in Non-Provided, the corresponding rates for 1913 being 13'6 and 18.6, and for
1912, 6.8 and 8.0. The attacks in other members of scholars' families numbered 172 last year,
as compared with 93 in 1913 and 72 in 1912. Last year the ratios in Provided and NonProvided
Schools were 10.2 and 7.2 respectively.
In consequence of undue prevalence of the disease, special inspections of children were
made either by the assistant medical officers or the school medical inspectors of the London
County Council at Beethoven Street (three times), Droop Street, Essendine Road, Kilburn
Lane (twice), "Moberly," and St. John's (Titchborne Row) Schools. At another school
(Campbell Street) it was considered necessary to close one of the class rooms in the Infants'
Department from February 4th to March 16th.
Forms "M.O. 117," reporting suspicious absences from school, were received from the
School Medical Officer with reference to:—
Moberly School, during January, relating to one child ; Campbell Street School, during February,
relating to one child ; and Essendine Road School, during February, relating to two children.