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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 1912

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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Table: School teachers are required to notify the Medical Officer of Health when they exclude children on account of infectious disease. The following list shows how far this was carried out and the nature of the cases notified:—

School teachers are required to notify the Medical Officer of Health when they exclude children on account of infectious disease. The following list shows how far this was carried out and the nature of the cases notified:—

School.Actual Cases.Infection in House.Other Causes.
Chicken-pox.Measles.Mumps.Whoopingcough.Chickenpox.Measles.Mumps.Whoopingcough.
Buckingham Gate41761152-6 ringworm.
Charing Cross Road—1—11—-—13 ringworm.
Horseferry Road8 4321—4837——6 ringworm.
Millbank921181335—217 ringworm.
Pulteney34—5111—22 ringworm.
St. George's Row1031324419—23 ringworm.
Wild Street166213—25 ringworm.
Brompton Higher Grade——31———1
Burdett Coutts421651066——8 ringworm.
Cathedral, Great Peter Street—2———1——
Christ Church33——11-—
Holy Trinity1329--628-15 ringworm. 1 eczema
St. Anne's51414—5-17 ringworm.
St. Anselm's1—1—1———1 ringworm.
St. Barnabas1548655111—8 ringworm.
St. Clement Danes——12————2 ringworm.
St. Edward's, Dufour's Place———————
St. Gabriel's312331520133109 ringworm.
St. George's, South Street37—181710——3 ringworm.
St. James the Less16252211323-85 ringworm. 1 scabies.
St. James' and St. Peter's310—101———2 ringworm.
St. Margaret's1722—2115——
St. Martin's, Adelaide Place1—24-----
St. Martin's, Castle Street4-------17 ringworm.
St. Mary's, Hide Place451—31420—1
St. Matthew's2413--17211-8 ringworm, 1 scabies.
St. Michael's123-623-25 ringworm. 3 scabies.
St. Paul's23—178—1—6 ringworm.
St. Peter's, Lower Belgrave Place114———3——4 ringworm.
Wesleyan Training83--714-2
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Table: A copy of each notification of fever, diphtheria, &c., received from medical men is sent to the head teacher of the school attended by the patient (if a child), or by any child who is an inmate of the same house as the patient. In this way 338 notifications were sent out during 1912 to school teachers as follows:—

A copy of each notification of fever, diphtheria, &c., received from medical men is sent to the head teacher of the school attended by the patient (if a child), or by any child who is an inmate of the same house as the patient. In this way 338 notifications were sent out during 1912 to school teachers as follows:—

School.Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.
Buckingham Grate___—_
Charing Cross Road————
Horseferry Road—1——
Millbank—157—
Pulteney—26—
St. George's Row—42—
Wild Street—34—
Brompton Higher Grade—44—
Burdett Coutts—5——
Cathedral, 48, Great Peter Street—1——
Christ Church—4——
Curzon—11—
French Protestant——2—
Grey Coat—2——
Holy Trinity—12—
St. Anne's—73—
St. Anselm's—22—