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Shoreditch 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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32
INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND SCHOOLS.

Table: In the following table are set forth the numbers of children, belonging to 3horeditch, who were suffering from various infectious diseases, or were members of households in which such diseases existed, concerning whom intimations of exclusion from school were received from the head teachers, in accordance with the requirements of the regulations of the London School Board:—

In the following table are set forth the numbers of children, belonging to 3horeditch, who were suffering from various infectious diseases, or were members of households in which such diseases existed, concerning whom intimations of exclusion from school were received from the head teachers, in accordance with the requirements of the regulations of the London School Board:—

SCHOOL.Smallpox.DiphtheriaScarlet FeverMeaslesChicken-poxWhooping CoughMumpsOther DiseasesTotal
Bath Place...l...l3.........5
Canal Road...l143......3...48
Catherine Street.........41311...560
Chatham Gardens.........1892...736
Chicksaw Street......l...............1
Curtain Road.........146371...58
Daniel Street.........2...1...25
Gopsall Street...2212218273018219
Haggerston Road...2156...2...263
Hammond Square.........5............5
Maidstone Street...113883225421184
Napier Street.........613......10
Oldcastle Street.........11.........2
Prichard's Road...l113.........6
Queen's Road.........133.........16
Redvers Street.........7............7
Scawfell Street......172......212
Scrutton Street.........33......1622
Shap Street...2...428203176
Shepperton Road1......2...2...27
St. John's Road...4413391734174
Trinity Place......l100517158146
Wenlock Road...2331...1111
Virginia Road.........2............2
Totals1261871010716460891,175

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The exclusions on account of measles were more numerous during the months of
June and July, and October, November, and December. The exclusions were most
numerous in December. The exclusions from whooping cough were most numerous
during the months of April and June.
The following is a summary of the steps taken with respect to the schools in the
Borough which have come under observation during the year, in consequence of the
occurrence of infectious diseases amongst the scholars:—
Shap street Board School.—Enquiries were made in consequence of the number
of children excluded in June: about 20 per cent. of the children attending the infants'
department were absent principally on account of measles. Two of the class rooms in
the infants' department were disinfected.