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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
City of Westminster 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Schools and Infectious Diseases.
School teachers are required to notify me when they exclude
children on account of infectious disease, but during,the last year there
has been laxity in doing so, due probably to the transition caused by
the Education Act.
The follwing list show far how far notification was carried out and the cases notified:-
| l. | Actual Cases. | Infection in House. | Other Causes. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken-pox. | Measels. | Mumps. | Whooping-cough. | Chicken-pox. | Mease's. | Mumps. | Whooping-cough. | ||
| Board schools:— | |||||||||
| Charing Cross Road | 1 | 19 | - | 2 | 1 | 8 | - | - | 1 light. |
| 1 ringworm. | |||||||||
| Horseferry Road | - | - | - | 4 | - | 2 | - | - | 9 light. |
| 2 ringworm. | |||||||||
| Buckingham Gate | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 6 | - | 1 , |
| Pulteney | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 6 ,, |
| Millbank | 16 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 9 ,. |
| St. George's Row | 4 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 5 | 3 | - | 5 ,, |
| Tower Street | - | 1 | - | - | - | 9 | - | — | 1 ,, |
| Great Wild Street | - | 33 | - | - | - | 44 | - | - | 2 ,, |
| ... Voluntary schools:— | |||||||||
| Christ Church | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 ringworm. |
| Holy Trinity, Vauxhall Bridge | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | |
| Road | |||||||||
| St. Barnabas | - | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 1 German measles* |
| St. Clement Danes | 2 | 32 | - | - | - | 38 | - | - | 2 ophthalmia. |
| St. Gabriel's | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| St. James the Less | 2 | 11 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | |
| St. Mary's, Hyde Place | 6 | - | 1 | 26 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 ringworm. |
| St. Paul's, Wilton Place | - | 24 | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | 1 German measles. |
| St. Stephen's | 3 | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - | |
| St. Martin's, Castle Street | - | 2 | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | |
| St. Mary's, Gate Street | - | 8 | - | - | - | 11 | - | - | |
| St. Matthew's | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | 4 | - | |
| St. Michael's | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Pimlico Rooms | - | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Wesleyan Training | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 37 | 156 | 54 | 56 | 18 | 148 | 27 | 6 | ||
Copies of 373 certificates relating to teachers or children attending at the following schools notified to be suffering from illness during 1904, were sent to school teachers during 1904:—
| Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charing Cross Road Board School | - | 4 | 7 | - |
| Horseferry Road Board School | - | 3 | 2 | - |
| James Street Board School | - | 2 | - | - |
| Pulteney Board School, Berwick Street | - | 9 | 1 | - |
| St. George's Row Board School | - | 15 | 2 | 1 |
| Vere Street Board School | - | 1 | - | - |
| Millbank Board School | 1 | 3 | 4 | - |
| Great Wild Street Board School | - | 2 | 4 | - |
| Brompton Higher Grade School | - | 1 | - | - |
| Christ Church School, Buckingham Gate | - | 1 | - | - |
| Curzon | - | 3 | - | - |
| Holy Trinity School, Vauxhall Bridge Road | - | 2 | - | - |