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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table (iv)—Causes of infective sickness in Downs and St. Margaret's Nurseries—1st fanuary, 1955 to 31st December, 1956
| Specific infectious disease | Downs Nursery | St. Margaret's Nursery | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child days sickness | Children | Spells | Days sickness per spell | Child days sickness | Children | Spells | Days sickness per spell | |||||||
| Number | Per cent. | Number | Per cent. | Number | Per cent. | Number | Per cent. | Number | Per cent. | Number | Per cent. | |||
| (1) | (2) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (7) | |||||
| Chicken pox | 6 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 6.0 | 659 | 8.9 | 61 | 19.6 | 61 | 16.9 | 10.8 |
| Common cold | 407 | 5.2 | 50 | 13.2 | 62 | 13.7 | 6.6 | 113 | 1.5 | 20 | 6.4 | 22 | 6.1 | 5.1 |
| Conjunctivitis | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 3.0 | 28 | 0.4 | 4 | 1.3 | 4 | 1.1 | 7.0 |
| Gastro-enteritis | 203 | 2.6 | 12 | 3.2 | 13 | 2.9 | 15.6 | 2,418 | 32.6 | 65 | 20.9 | 79 | 21.8 | 30.6 |
| Gingivitis | 39 | 0.5 | 5 | 1.3 | 5 | 1.1 | 7.8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Glandular fever | 359 | 4.6 | 11 | 2.9 | 11 | 2.4 | 32.6 | 53 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 53.0 |
| Influenza | 23 | 0.3 | 4 | 1.1 | 4 | 0.9 | 5.8 | 12 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.6 | 2 | 0.5 | 6.0 |
| Jaundice | 72 | 0.9 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 72.0 | 116 | 1.6 | 4 | 1.3 | 4 | 1.1 | 29.0 |
| Measles | 1,549 | 19.9 | 72 | 19.1 | 72 | 15.9 | 21.5 | 734 | 9.9 | 45 | 14.5 | 45 | 12.4 | 16.3 |
| Mumps | — | — | — | — | _— | — | —_ | 45 | 0.6 | 7 | 2.3 | 7 | 1.9 | 6.4 |
| Pneumonia | 542 | 7.0 | 27 | 7.1 | 27 | 5.9 | 20.1 | 132 | 1.8 | 5 | 1.6 | 6 | 1.7 | 22.0 |
| Poliomyelitis | 28 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 28.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ringworm | 1,823 | 23.5 | 21 | 5.6 | 26 | 5.7 | 70.1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Salmonella | 48 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 48.0 | 283 | 3.8 | 4 | 1.3 | 6 | 1.7 | 47.2 |
| Scabies | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 51 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 51.0 |
| Sonne dysentery | 683 | 8.8 | 24 | 6.3 | 27 | 5.9 | 25.3 | 2,621 | 35.4 | 77 | 24.8 | 108 | 29.8 | 24.3 |
| Staphylococcal infection | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 4.0 |
| Tonsillitis | 936 | 12.1 | 78 | 20.7 | 92 | 20.3 | 10.2 | 13 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.6 | 2 | 0.5 | 6.5 |
| Whooping cough | 82 | 1.1 | 3 | 0.8 | 3 | 0.7 | 27.3 | 40 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 40.0 |
| Total | 6,803 | 87.6 | 312 | 82.8 | 347 | 76.4 | 19.6 | 7,322 | 98.9 | 300 | 96.4 | 350 | 96.7 | 20.9 |
| Other non.specific infective sickness | 967 | 12.4 | 65 | 17.2 | 107 | 23.6 | 9.0 | 83 | 1.1 | 11 | 3.6 | 12 | 3.3 | 6.9 |
| Total infective sickness | 7,770 | 100.0 | 377 (a) | 100.0 | 454 | 100.0 | 17.1 | 7,405 | 100.0 | 311 («) | 100.0 | 362 | 100.0 | 20.5 |
| Total other sickness | 592 | — | 37 | — | 44 | — | 13.5 | 211 | — | 28 | — | 31 | — | 6.8 |
(a) This figure exceeds the number of children in Table (ii) because in this table a child is shown more than once if it had more than one disease,