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Paddington 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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44 APPENDIX: PREVENTION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE. SCHOOL EXCLUSION RATIOS.
| Prevention of Infectious Disease. | Annual Averages. 1914-18. | Totals. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual Averages. | Totals. | ||||||
| All Diseases, Enquiries by— | 1914-18. | 1921. | 1922. | 1921. | 1922. | ||
| District Inspectors | 3,704 | 1,931 | 1,675 | Mortuary. | |||
| Women Inspectors and Health Visitors | 7,172 | 4,904 | 8,114 | ||||
| Tuberculosis—Included in above— | Bodies deposited, total | 321 | 220 | 258 | |||
| Women Inspectors | 4,157 | 2,755 | 2,345 | „ „ for inquests | 258 | 158 | 199 |
| Patients removed to Hospital—All Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis) | 618 | 1,397 | 1,354 | „ „ pending burial, infectious | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| ,, ,, „ ,, other | 61 | 61 | 59 | ||||
| Rooms disinfected after— | P.M. examinations made | 125 | 102 | 137 | |||
| Tuberculosis | 316 | 229 | 216 | Trade Nuisances. | |||
| Other Diseases | 3,300 | 2,074 | 3,845 | ||||
| Weight of Bedding, etc., Disinfected (tons) | 54 | 51½ | 36 | Offensive Smells—Complaints | 9(7)* | 12 (12) | 9(8) |
| Cost of same | £1,156 | £2,139 | £1,484 | Accumulations of Manure | 17(11) | 22 (18) | 9(8) |
| School Notices issued— | Smoke—Complaints | 8 | 10 | 12 | |||
| Measles, Whooping Cough, Chickenpox... | 3,377 | 1,212 | 4,457 | „ Premises watched | 16 | 19 | 17 |
| Other Diseases | 796 | 1,650 | 1,217 | „ „ Hours of observation | 106 | 345½ | 286 |
| Bacteriological Examinations for— | Duration of smoke (hours), including | 67¾ | 108¼ | 83 5/6 | |||
| Diphtheria | 540 | 754 | 462 | „ black smoke | 2¾ | 18¼ | 10⅓ |
| Enteric Fever | 9 | 13 | — | Canal Boats. | |||
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 9 | — | — | ||||
| Tuberculosis | 215 | 206 | 302 | (1918.) | |||
| Sanitary Work. Cutting — off of water supplies. | On Register at end of year | 204 (Averages.) | 226 | 232 | |||
| Notices received | 29 | 20 | 13 | Known to be using Canal Basin | 73 | 113 | 119 |
| Referring to Inhabited Premises | 15 | 13 | 10 | Inspections made | 135 | 61 | 72 |
| Empty ,, | 10 | 6 | 3 | Infringements of Acts discovered | 15 | 18 | 42 |
| Other „ | 3 | 1 | — | Notices served | 12 | 9 | 20 |
| Reasons for—Rates unpaid | 10 | 13 | 9 | Children found on boats | 122 | 76 | 63 |
| Defective fittings | 8 | 7 | 4 | ||||
* 9 Complaints relating to 7 premises.
TABLE XV.
School Exclusion Ratios.
Per 1,000 Places Provided.
| Notified Diseases. | Non-Notified Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet | Fever. | Diphtheria. | Measles. | Chickenpox. | Whooping Cough. | "Sore Throat." | Ringworm. | Scabies. | Other Complaints. | Vermin. | |||||
| P.A. | P.N.A. | P.A. | P.N.A. | P.A. | P.N.A. | P.A. | P.N.A. | P.A. | P.N.A. | ||||||
| Provided Schools. | |||||||||||||||
| Averages 1914-18 | 11.1 | 3.8 | 5.5 | 2.4 | 36.2 | 29.6 | 20.0 | 7.6 | 13.0 | 10.3 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 5.8 | 20.0 | 6.4 |
| 1919 | 7.4 | 2.4 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 51.1 | 27.8 | 9.9 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 13.8 | 8.9 | 14.2 | 0.1 |
| 1920 | 17.0 | 3.0 | 14.3 | 1.9 | 47.5 | 27.1 | 23.4 | 5.6 | 11.4 | 6.6 | 16.3 | 13.0 | 7.9 | 24.8 | 0.2 |
| 1921 | 22.6 | 5.7 | 11.4 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 3.7 | 7.9 | 3.5 | 18.9 | 9.7 | 13.3 | 6.7 | 2.1 | 38.5 | 0.1 |
| 1922 | 17.1 | 2.4 | 8.3 | 1.5 | 63.9 | 3.0 | 22.3 | 0.1 | 10.3 | 0.3 | 15.6 | 10.3 | 2.6 | 18.3 | 0.3 |
| Non-Provided Schools. | |||||||||||||||
| Averages 1914-18 | 9.0 | 2.9 | 6.7 | 2.5 | 41.8 | 27.2 | 19.4 | 7.4 | 13.8 | 7.9 | 2.1 | 7.8 | 6.9 | 19.9 | 7.8 |
| 1919 | 5.2 | 1.6 | 6.6 | 1.9 | 41.5 | 20.3 | 7.3 | 2.6 | 5.4 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 7.8 | 5.9 | 21.5 | 0.6 |
| 1920 | 11.8 | 2.0 | 10.4 | 0.8 | 35.8 | 26.3 | 19.6 | 6.8 | 8.7 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 6.8 | 5.7 | 11.8 | 0.9 |
| 1921 | 29.3 | 6.2 | 8.6 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 9.6 | 3.2 | 20.5 | 13.1 | 6.1 | 7.6 | 1.0 | 24.8 | 0.3 |
| 1922 | 19.3 | 2.6 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 80.3 | 4.9 | 19.2 | 1.3 | 10.0 | 1.5 | 5.5 | 10.6 | 3.8 | 24.1 | 0.4 |