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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
Hanover Square 1862
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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St. George's, Hanover Square, Schools.
| Boys. | Girls. | Infants. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South-street | 208 | 212 | 85 | 505 |
| Hanover Schools, South Molton-st. | 128 | 111 | 150 | 389 |
| St. Mark's „ North Audley st. | 125 | 125 | 140 | 390 |
| Grosvenor School | — | 75 | 100 | 175 |
| Curzon Schools | 91 | 82 | 140 | 213 |
| Farm-street School | 35 | 35 | 25 | 95 |
| Catholic School, Davies-mews,— Mixed School | — | — | — | 160 |
| (Nearly half these children come from St. Marylebone.) | ||||
| St. Peter's School | 230 | 160 | 305 | 695 |
| St. Michael's School | 279 | 229 | 282 | 790 |
| St. Michael's Free School | — | — | — | 250 |
| St. Gabriel's Schools | 98 | 164 | — | 262 |
| St. Paul's School | 130 | 101 | 157 | 388 |
| St. Barnabas' School | 109 | 100 | 195 | 404 |
| Eaton Chapel Schools | 68 | 77 | — | 145 |
| Catholic Schools, Belgravia | — | — | — | 130 |
| 4,991 | ||||
In all of these schools it is a rule that no child shall
be admitted who has not been vaccinated; in some of
them, however, the rule falls, from time to time, into
abeyance.
In the process of inspecting the children we learn
some facts which are quite as important as a few unvaccinated
children. Some of the schools are extremely
unfavourable for ventilation, and are too full of children.
The infants are packed together too closely, so that the
breeding and propagation of infectious disorders is promoted.
The filthy state of the clothes and persons of
some children should be remonstrated against by the