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Shoreditch 1901

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND SCHOOLS.In the following table are set forth the numbers of children, belonging to Shoreditch, 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:—

INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND SCHOOLS.

In the following table are set forth the numbers of children, belonging to Shoreditch, 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 Street...3...2............5
Baltic Street......1...............1
Canal Road.........116.........17
Chatham Gardens...ll84......216
Curtain Road...l...76112182
Daniel Street.........11......13
Gopsall Street...482744181728146
Haggerston Road...4628471010141
Maidstone Street...22573618311129
Napier Street.........1............1
Pritchard's Road.........23............23
Queen's Road......11...21...6
Scawfell Street......2...............2
Scrutton Street......12.........58
Shap Street............2.........2
Shepperton Road.........6............6
St. John's Road...13...............4
Trinity Place.........11.........2
Wenlock Road...44338131770
Virginia Road...3...251......130
Teesdale Street...1..................1
Totals...2423326123873676695

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According to the intimations received, the exclusions of children from School on
account of infectious disease were not so numerous as was the case last year.
Towards the end of May attention was directed to the number of children
excluded from the Curtain Road School on account of measles. Enquiry was made
into the circumstances connected with the prevalence of the disease amongst the
scholars. It did not however appear necessary to take any further action.
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.
During the year Dr. Bullock, bacteriologist at the London Hospital, made 21
bacteriological examinations in connexion with suspected cases of infectious disease in
Shoreditch. In one instance the case was suspected to be phthisis or consumption ;