London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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School.
Actual Cases.
Infection in House.
Chickenpox.
Measles.
Mumps.
Whoopingcough.
Chickenpox.
Measles.
Mumps.
Whoopingcough.
Other Causes.
Buckingham Gate 2 4 1 15 — 1 — 2 13 ringworm.
Charing Cross Read — — — — — 2 — —
Horseferry Road — 13 2 1 2 6 2 — — 4 ringworm.
Millbank 5 13 1 1 2 11 — — 1 ringworm.
Pulteney — 10 1 — — 8 — — 3 ringworm.
St. George's Row 2 23 12 — — 13 3 —
Wild Street 6 — 2 — 3 — — 3 ringworm.
Brompton Higher Grade . — 10 — — — — — —
Burdett Coutts 12 46 1 1 1 8 — 1 10 ringworm.
Cathedral, Great Peter Street — 3 — — — — — — 1 ringworm.
Christ Church 1 — 1 — — 3 — —
Holy Trinity 1 11 1 10 — 7 — 4 6 ringworm.
St. Anne's 1 35 7 1 — 19 — 1 10 ringworm.
St. Anselm's — 1 — — — 1 — — 1 ringworm.
St. Barnabas 11 1 — 3 6 4 — —
St. Clement Danes 10 1 1 4 5 — — — 2ophtbhalmia.
St. Edward's, Dufour's Place — 1 — — — — — —
St. Gabriel's 1 14 6 2 3 14 — — 7 ringworm.
St. George's, South Street — 45 — — — 5 — — 2 ringworm.
St. James the Less — 26 — 1 — 32 — — 1 German measles.
St. James'and St. Peter's 17 22 12 — 3 9 2 —
St. Margaret's 1 5 1 — — 1 — —
St. Martin's, Adelaide Place 27 8 — 4 3 3 — — 3 ringworm.
St. Martin's, Castle Street — — — — — — — —
St. Mary's, Hide Place 2 6 4 1 6 1 — 1 3ophthakmia..
St. Matthew's — 14 44 — — 11 — —- 9 ophthalmia.
St. Michael's 1 1 — — 2 — — 1 3 ringworm.
St. Paul's 1 19 1 1 — 16 — — 5 itch
St. Peter's, Lower Belgrave Place 4 8 — — 1 5 — —
Wesleyan Training — 15 — — — 18 — — 1 ringworm.
112 350 95 48 38 203 5 10
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 487 notifications were sent out during 1913 to school teachers as follows
| School. | Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckingham Gate | — | 7 | 4 | — |
| Charing Cross Road | — | — | — | — |
| Horseferry0 Road | — | 3 | 1 | _ |
| Millbank | — | 17 | 12 | —_ |
| Pulteney | — | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| St.Georges’Row | — | 24 | 1 | _ |
| Wild Street | — | 7 | 1 | |
| Brompton Hight Grade | — | — | — | — |
| Burdett Coutts | — | 11 | 3 | 2 |
| Cathedral, 48, Great Peter Street | _ | 6 | 2 | _ |
| Christ Church | _ | 2 | 2 | ’ |
| Curzou | _ | ¯ | ¯ | _ |
| French Protestant | _ | 1 | _ | _ |
| Grey Coat | — | 2 | — | _ |
| Holy Trinity | — | 11 | 3 | _ |
| — | 7 | 5 | _ | |
| St. Anselm's | — | 6 | 1 | —, |