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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
Marylebone 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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In the under-mentioned Schools the classrooms indicated were closed during the year, on account of Measles, by the Education Department of the London County Council, and the necessary disinfection carried out.
| Schools. | Dept. * | Classroom. | Closed. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bell Street | — | E. | 26th January to 4th February. |
| St. Luke's, Nutford Place | I. | A. | 18th to the 20th April. |
| Bell Street | I. | Under the age of 5 | 18th and 19th May. |
| Barrow Hill Road | I. | F., G., H. and I. | 2nd to the 10th June. |
| Richmond Street, Roman Catholic | I. | Room II | 22nd June to 5th July. |
| High Street | I. | F | 4th to the 8th July. |
| St. Paul's, East Street | I. | H | Ditto. |
| All Souls, Foley Street | I. | Under the age of 5 | 17th November to the 2nd December. |
| Emmanuel, North Street | I. | Ditto | 30th Nov. to the 9th January, 1911. |
| St. Edward's, (Catholic,) Little Union Place | I. | Ditto | Ditto. |
| Trinity, Cleveland Street | I. | Ditto | 9th Dec. to the 9th January, 1911. |
*1Infants.
Deaths from Measles.—The number of deaths certified as from measles
was 27, and of those who died 6 were less than one year old and 19 less than 5.
Of those under one year, 5 had reached the second half of the year before being
attacked. This is a very usual experience. Death in the case of measles usually
results from one or other of the sequellae of the disease and most commonly of
all from affections of the respiratory organs. Especially in childhood and infancy
is there a liability to the occurrence of such a sequel, and the children who died
of measles in 1910 were killed either by pneumonia or bronchitis following that
disease.
Prevention of Measles.—Visits are paid to all houses in which measles
is reported to exist or to have occurred, and verbally and by means of pamphlets
every effort is made to impress upon parents the seriousness of the disease and
the risks run by the sufferers. In a considerable number of the cases disinfection
of rooms, bedding etc., is carried out.
During the year the Public Health Committee and afterwards the Council
considered the advisability of approaching the Local Government Board with a
view to having measles placed on the list of notifiable infectious diseases.
Having regard to the fact that in most places where the experiment of making
measles notifiable had been tried, the practice had been discontinued because no
limitation of the spread of infection or reduction in the number of the cases had