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Shoreditch 1904

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: In the following table are set forth the numbers of children belonging to Shoreditch who were suffering from infectious diseases or were members of households or living in houses in which infectious diseases existed, concerning whom intimations of exclusion from school were received from the head-teachers of the schools they attended in accordance with the requirements of the school management code of the London County Council:—

In the following table are set forth the numbers of children belonging to Shoreditch who were suffering from infectious diseases or were members of households or living in houses in which infectious diseases existed, concerning whom intimations of exclusion from school were received from the head-teachers of the schools they attended in accordance with the requirements of the school management code of the London County Council:—

School.Enteric Fever.Small Pox.Diphtheria.carlet Fever.Measles.Chicken Pox.Whooping fiough.MumpsOther diseases.Total.
Bath Street............1...1......2
Baltic Street...............c............2
Canal Road1...225010...7375
Catherine Street.........15............116
Chatham Gardens......13116......425
Coleman St............1............1
Curtain Road.........47652933
Daniel Street............1............1
Fellows Street.........5804014...2141
Gayhurst Road.........1...............1
Gopsall Street......5125025171634159
Haggerston Road.......88432511...499
Hammond Square.......8472152519134
Hanover Street.....................11
Hugh Road........................11
Maidstone Street......73123122247196
Napier Street1...519555218144168
Pritchards Road............2............2
Queens Road............4............4
Redvers Street.........101.........11
St. John's Church..........29l......20133
St. John's Road1...1616442474121
St. Joseph's, Bun.........
hill Row...............2......24
St. Mark's, Old St..........251.........8
St. Mary's.........1...............1
St. Paul's, Haggerston...............2...2
St. Saviour's, Felton Street..................2......2
Scawfell Street1...1486932421450230
Scrutton Street.........226215642
Shap Street.........576261214124
Shepperton Road...............1.........1
Trinity Place............292571264
Virginia Road.........52.........19
Wen lock Road......2...9............11
Wood Close............1............1
Total4...531037573301591301891725

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The schools in the foregoing table are more numerous than hitherto owing to the
increase in the number of schools which are now required to comply with the provisions
of the School Management Code of the London County Council in consequence of the
coming into operation of the recent Education Act. The number of exclusions on
account of infectious illness in the aggregate show an increase as compared with that
of the previous year, but taking into consideration the number of schools added to the
list it is probable that less time was lost on account of infectious illness in 1904
than in 1903. Measles, whooping cough and chickenpox were the chief causes of
exclusion.