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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
Westminster 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster]
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In the girls' department thirteen scholars were excluded
in consequence of cases at their respective homes,
but no scholar was known to be personally suffering.
Other schools disinfected after the occurrence of several
cases of measles were the Horseferry-road Board Schools.
A list of the streets with the number of cases of the principal
infectious diseases occurring in such streets, is given below —
St. Margaret's Parish.
| STREET OR PLACE. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Typhoid Fever. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atingdon-street | 1 | — | — |
| Ashley-gardens | 1 | 3 | — |
| Broadway | 1 | 1 | — |
| Brompton-road | 1 | — | — |
| Buckingham-gate-mansions | 2 | — | — |
| Castle-buildings | 1 | 3 | — |
| Catherine-street | 2 | 4 | — |
| Caxton-street | — | 2 | — |
| Charles street | — | — | 1 |
| Cobourg-row | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Dacre-steeet | 1 | — | — |
| Delahay-street | 1 | — | 1 |
| Ennismore-gardens | 1 | — | — |
| Francis-street | 1 | — | — |
| Hill-street | 1 | — | — |
| Hyde-park-barracks | 2 | 1 | — |
| Lancelot-place | — | — | |
| Lewisham-street | — | 1 | — |
| Montpelier-place | — | 2 | — |
| Morpeth-mansions | — | 1 | — |
| Palmer-street | — | 2 | — |
| Parker-street | — | 1 | — |
| Parliament-street | — | 1 | — |
| Peabody-buildings, Buckingham-gate | 2 | 1 | — |
| Princes-gate | 1 | — | — |
| Queen Anne's-gate | — | — | 1 |
| Queen Anne's-mansions | 1 | — | — |
| Rutland-gate | 3 | — | — |
| South- place | — | — | 1 |
| Stafford place | — | 2 | — |
| Vauxhall- bridge-road | 1 | — | — |
| Victoria street | 3 | — | — |
| Wellington- barracks | 7 | 8 | — |
| Whitehall | — | 2 | — |
| Willow-street | 1 | 1 | — |
| York-street | 5 | 3 | — |
No case of Smallpox was notified in the district during the year.