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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 1866
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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| Successful. | Unsuccessful. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Qr.— | 1st Qr.— | ||
| Primary | 222 | Primary | 1 |
| Secondary | 3 | Secondary | 0 |
| 2nd Qr.— | 2nd Qr.— | ||
| Primary | 198 | Primary | 0 |
| Secondary | 4 | Secondary | 0 |
| 3rd Qr.— | 3rd Qr.— | ||
| 144 | Primary | 0 | |
| Secondary | 0 | Secondary | 0 |
| 4th Qr.— | 4th Qr.— | ||
| 134 | Primary | 1 | |
| Secondary | 4 | Secondary | 0 |
| Total successful | 709 | Total unsuccessful1 | 2 |
| Boys. | Girls. | Infants. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South-street | 205 | 205 | 159 | 569 |
| Hanover Schools, South Molton-street | 133 | 147 | 150 | 430 |
| St.Mark's Schools, North Audley-street | 140 | 125 | 198 | 463 |
| Grosvenor School | – | 80 | 116 | 196 |
| Curzon Schools | 94 | 62 | 136 | 292 |
| Farm-street School, Mixed (Boys, Girls, and Infants in one School) | 60 | |||
| Catholic School, Davies-mews, Mixed (A third of these children come from St. Marylebone) | – | – | – | 80 |
| 2084 | ||||
| St. Barnabas' School | 110 | 86 | 130 | 320 |
| St. Barnabas' Schools, Mixed | — | — | 90 | |
| Eaton Chapel Schools | 61 | — | 72 | 133 |
| Catholic Schools, Belgravia | — | — | 160 | 160 |
| St. Peter's School | 166 | 120 | — | 286 |
| St. Michael's School | 274 | 227 | . — | 501 |
| St. Michael's Free School | —. | — | 200 | 200 |
| St. Gabriel's Schools | 103 | 96 | 193 | 392 |
| St. Paul's School | 98 | 80 | 81 | 259 |
| 2347 | ||||
We are bound to speak in terms of the highest commendation
of the efforts which the masters and mistresses of these excellent
schools make, to improve the physical as well as the moral condition
of the children. At most of the schools, now, the master
* Both of these cases have since been successfully vaccinated, leaving virtually no
case of unsuccessful Vaccination in the District during the last 12 months.