Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table (iii)—Sickness related to size, number of children, spells of sickness and duration of sickness—1st January, 1955 to 31 st December, 1956
Nursery | Block or floor | Total sickness | Infective sickness | Non-infective sickness | |||||||||
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Days of sickness per 100 days exposed to risk | Children sick per 100 children | Spells per 100 children | Average number of days sickness per child sick | Days of sickness per 100 days exposed to risk | Children sick per 100 children | Spells per 100 children | Average number of days sickness per child sick | Days of sickness per 100 days exposed to risk | Children sick per 100 children | Spells per 100 children | Average number of days sickness per child sick | ||
(2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (7) | |||||||||
Downs | Anne | 11.5 | 64 | 125 | 30.7 | 11.0 | 59 | 114 | 31.7 | 0.6 | 10 | 11 | 9.7 |
Charles | 10.6 | 40 | 71 | 33.9 | 9.5 | 42 | 65 | 29.1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 29.2 | |
Total | 11.2 | 50 | 100 | 33.4 | 10.4 | 49 | 92 | 31.8 | 0.8 | 7 | 9 | 160 | |
St. Margaret's | 1st floor | 17.8 | 48 | 99 | 431 | 17.2 | 46 | 90 | 43.2 | 0.6 | 8 | 9 | 8.9 |
2nd floor | 12.8 | 50 | 107 | 37.6 | 12.6 | 49 | 101 | 37.6 | 0.2 | 6 | 6 | 4.6 | |
Total | 15.6 | 47 | 102 | 42.1 | 15.1 | 46 | 94 | 42.1 | 0.4 | 7 | 7 | 7.5 |