View report page

The schools most severely affected were Wimbledon Park,
Effra Road, Cottenham Park, Old Central, Pelham Road and
Haydons Road. The attendances in the Infants' Departments
suffered severely.
The previous epidemic year for measles was 1930, when 423
children were notified as being absent on account of this disease.
Very few cases occurred among school children in Wimbledon
during the year 1931, only seven cases being notified to the
Public Health Department by the Head Teachers.
On the other hand, there was a great fall in the number of
children suffering from whooping cough in 1932. The number
of cases notified by the Head Teachers was thirteen as compared
with eighty during the previous year.
Cases of German measles and mumps were few in number.
Forty-five children were notified as being absent from school
on account of chicken-pox. In some of the older children, the
chicken-pox was of rather unusual severity.
No case of smallpox occurred amongst school children in
Wimbledon during 1932. Two school children were contacts of
a case of smallpox and they were kept under daily observation
until the period of quarantine had expired.
Frequent visits were paid to the schools after children had
been removed to the Isolation Hospital suffering from diphtheria
or scarlet fever. It is quite common for children to attend school
whilst sickening for these diseases. In all such cases the class
contacts were carefully examined and in a number of cases swabs
were taken for bacteriological examination. Several carriers
were detected in this manner and promptly excluded.
In accordance with Article 20(b) of the Education Code, 121
children were excluded from school during 1932 for the following
conditions:—
Conjunctivitis 9
Impetigo 11
Ringworm of Head 4
Ringworm of Body 9
Scabies 19
Other contagious or
infectious conditions 69
Total 121
7. FOLLOWING UP.
The procedure of following up defects discovered during the
routine medical inspection in 1932 was as follows:—
88