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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
London County Council 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Report of the County Medical Officer—Education.
The distribution of cases of diphtheria in the schools concerned is given below in Table A.
Table B shows the age distribution of cases.
Table A
| Class School Age | Boys' Department. | Girls' Department. | Infants' Department. | Remarks. | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
| — | 13-14 | 12-13 | 11-12 | 10-11 | 9-10 | 8-9 | 7-8 | — | 13-14 | 12-13 | 11-12 | 10-11 | 9-10 | 8-9 | 7-8 | 7-8 | — | 6-7 | 6-7 | 5-6 | 5-6 | 4-5 | 3-4 | ||
| Princess-road | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 7 | — | 8 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | First case, Infants, room 5, May 8th, 1911; last case, room 8, July 10th, 1912 |
| Stanhope-street | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 4 | 2 | — | — | 9 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | First case, Infants, room 6, June 19th, 1911; last case, room 6, July 1st, 1912 |
| Mixed Department | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| " Fox " | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | First case, Mixed, room 5; November 29th, 1911; last case, room 7, May 3rd. 1912 |
| Lavender-hill | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | First case, Boys, room 8, January 19th, 1912; last case, room 8, May 3rd, 1912 |
| Wix's-lane | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | — | First case, Infants, room 4, January 12th, 1912; last case, room 4, June 18th, 1912; M.K. discovered +; excluded June 17th, 1912 |
| Brixton-hill Industrial | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 cases in 1911 and one case in 1912. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||