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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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Infectious Diseases in Schools.
The accompanying table shows the number of cases and contacts of measles, whooping cough, chicken-pox and the notifiable infectious diseases reported from Schools during
| INFECTIOUS DISEASE IN SCHOOLS, 1936. (CASES and CONTACTS) | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Whooping Cough | Chicken-pox | Measles | All other Diseases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Souls, Foley Street | ||||||
| Barrett Street | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Barrow Hill Road | ||||||
| Bell Street | — | |||||
| Capland Street | — | |||||
| Catholic, Richmond Street | — | — | — | |||
| Christ Church, Cosway Street | — | — | ||||
| Convent (St. Edward's), Little Union Place | — | |||||
| Cosway Street (L.C.C.) | ||||||
| Emmanuel, Aberdeen Place | — | |||||
| Gateforth Street | — | — | — | - | ||
| Hampden Gurney | — | |||||
| Homer Row, Catholic | — | — | ||||
| Jewish, Hanway Street | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Polytechnic, Regent Street | — | — | — | |||
| Regent's Park Central | — | — | — | |||
| St. James's, Marylebone Lane | — | — | — | |||
| St. Luke's, Nutford Place | — | |||||
| St. Mark's, Violet Hill | — | |||||
| St. Marylebone Central, High Street | ||||||
| St. Marylebone Grammar | — | — | ||||
| St. Mary's (Western) York Street | ||||||
| St. Paul's Bentinck, Rossmore Road | — | |||||
| St. Thomas', Orchard Street | — | — | — | - | ||
| St. Vincent, Wiginore Street | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Upper Marylebone Street | ||||||
| Schools in other Boroughs | ||||||
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
This disease—inflammation of the eyes in newly-born children—was first made
notifiable (by order of the London County Council) in 1911. The total number of
cases notified in 1936 was 7 as against 10 in the previous year. Visits were paid
to notified cases by the Health Visitors, but in no case was it found necessary to
make arrangements for a nurse from the Paddington and St. Marylebone Nursing
Association to attend and apply treatment. In bad cases removal to hospital is
carried out, special arrangements having been provided at St. Margaret's Hospital
for receiving and dealing with children suffering from this condition.
The following table gives information with regard to the cases notified.
| Notified | Cases Treated | Vision Unimpaired | Vision Impaired | Total Blindness | Deaths | Removed etc. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Home | At Hospital | ||||||
| 7 | 5 | 4 | — | — | — | ||