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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Poplar 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Report received 1913. | School. | Dept. | Disease | Unprotected Children Excluded. | Period of Exclusion. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr. 24 | Monteith Road | Infts. | Measles | In room L | 21st April to 9th May |
| „ 24 | Cubitt Town | „ | „. | In room C | 23rd April to 9th May |
| „ 24 | Woolmore Street | „ | „ | In room G | 23rd April to 9th May |
| May 1 | British Street | „ | „ | In rooms D, E & G | April 30th to May 16th |
| „ 2 | British Street | „ | „ | In room A | May 1st to 16th |
| „ 6 | British Street | „ | „ | In room B | May 5th to 23rd |
| „ 6 | Culloden Street | „ | „ | In room A | May 5th to 23rd |
| „ 6 | Glengall Road | „ | „ | Under 5 years | May 5th to 16th |
| „ 15 | Glengall Road | „ | „ | In rooms Al, A2 and B | May 14th to 23rd |
| „ 21 | Glengall Road | „ | „ | In rooms B, E, H, and D | May 19th to 30th |
| „ 24 | Glengall Road | ,, | „ | In room F | May 26th to June 6th |
| June 13 | St. Edmund's | „ | „ | In room A | June 11th to 27th |
| July 8 | High St., Poplar | „ | „ | In rooms A, B1 and B2 | July 7th to 23rd |
| „ 14 | St. Edmund's | „ | „ | In room A | July 14th to 23rd |
| „ 15 | Mill wall | „ | „ | In room I | July 14th to 23rd |
| „ 19 | St. Edmund's | „ | „ | In room B | July 18th to 23rd |
On December 6th a report was received from the School Medical
Officer of the London County Council that the unprotected children in
Room A of Dingle Lane Infants' School had been excluded from school
from December 5th to 19th on account of Measles.
Distribution of Leaflets throughout the Borough.
The Public Health and Housing Committee on the 19th November,
1912, considered the question of the prevalence of Measles in the Borough,
and the high mortality arising therefrom. Measles not being a compulsory
notifiable infectious disease, information is generally received
only in respect of cases occurring in connection with public Elementary
Schools. The Committee were of opinion the seriousness of measles is
not generally recognised, and that if proper precautions were taken, the
spread of the disease, and its fatal effects, might largely be prevented.
The Committee considered it desirable the leaflet, which is always
left (with other papers) at any house where a case of measles is discovered,
should be circulated throughout the Borough and recommended the
Council that the leaflet on Measles above referred to, be printed and
distributed from house to house throughout the Borough.
Order of Local Government Board—Admission of (Non-pauper
and Pauper) cases into Hospitals of Metropolitan Asylums
Board.
Forty-two cases were removed to the hospitals of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board—14 Poplar, 15 Bromley, and 13 Bow.