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Marylebone 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
This disease—inflammation of the eyes in newly-horn children—made notifiable
by order of the London County Council in 1911, continued to be so during
the whole of 1926, new regulations with regard to it coming into operation on
during 1926. During the year in certain of the schools, one or more classrooms were closed on account of measles.
| SCHOOLS | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Whooping Cough | Chicken-pox | Measles | All other Diseases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Souls, Foley Street | 4 | 3 | _ | 37 | 46 | 1 |
| Barrett Street | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Barrow Hill Road | 2 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 101 | 9 |
| Bell Street | 8 | 21 | 2 | 44 | 102 | 63 |
| Blandford Square | — | 2 | — | — | 5 | 1 |
| Capland Street | 12 | 25 | 3 | 20 | 79 | 20 |
| Catholic, Richmond Street | — | 1 | — | 4 | 21 | — |
| Christ Church, Lisson Grove | 8 | 40 | — | 45 | 107 | 66 |
| Convent, Little Union Place | — | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | — |
| Council School, Grove Road | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Emmanuel, Aberdeen Place | — | — | — | 9 | — | 3 |
| Emmanuel, North Street | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 1 |
| Gateforth Street | 22 | 23 | 1 | 17 | 49 | 16 |
| Hampden Gurney, Upper Berkeley Street | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 3 |
| Homer Row, Catholic | 1 | 11 | 10 | 34 | 12 | 6 |
| Jewish, Hanway Street | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Portland, Little Titchfield Street | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Polytechnic, Regent Street | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — |
| Queen's College, Harley Street | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| St. Andrew's. Wells Street | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| St. Francis, Upper William Street | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| St. James's, Marylebone Lane | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| St. Luke's Nutford Place | 1 | — | — | 1 | 31 | 34 |
| St. Mark's, Violet Hill | 6 | 3 | — | 25 | 59 | 3 |
| St. Mark's, Marylebone Road | — | — | — | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| St. Marylebone, High Street | 7 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 138 | 54 |
| St. Marylebone Grammar, Marylebone Road | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| St. Mary's, Crawford Street | 8 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 41 | 78 |
| St. Paul's, East Street | 7 | — | — | — | — | — |
| St. Paul's, Broadley Terrace | — | 17 | — | 25 | 13 | 49 |
| St. Thomas', Orchard Street | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 5 |
| St. Vincent, Wigmore Street | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Upper Marylebone Street | 35 | 21 | — | 28 | 78 | 29 |
| Schools out of Borough | 8 | 18 | 13 | 44 | 15 | 20 |
| Totals | 145 | 225 | 80 | 396 | 984 | 464 |
Nurses were sent in to 2 cases and 16 visits were paid.
* One of the patients still in hospital under treatment.
1st October of that year. The following table gives information with regard to the 7 cases notified.
| Notified | Cases Treated | Vision Unimpaired | Vision Impaired | Total Blindness | Deaths | |
| At Home | At Hospital | |||||
| 7 | 4 | 3 | *6 | — | — | — |