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Paddington 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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These figures suggest that there was a considerable
increase in the cases of diphtheria among children
attending "other schools," which on examination
appears to have been confined to three schools—St.
Augustine, St. Luke, Fernhead Road, and High
School, Saltram Crescent. At these schools 20 cases
were noted in 1899, compared with 7 in 1898, while
the total increase during the year for all schools
amounted to only 18 cases. Among the children at
the Harrow Road Board School, 35 cases of scarlet
fever and 19 of diphtheria were reported in 1899,
compared with 33 and 26 in 1898.
The foregoing figures relate exclusively to schools
situated in the Parish. On examining the attendances
of all patients of school age, it is found that of
patients attacked with scarlet fever 167 were scholars
at schools in Paddington and 23 at schools over the
border; and that for those ill with diphtheria the corresponding
figures were 74 and 25 respectively. It will
also be noted that there was a greater diphtheria prevalence
in the local schools close to the borders of the
Parish, viz., Harrow Road Board, St. Augustine's
Church, St. Luke's Church, and the High School,
Saltram Crescent. These schools are all situated
within the limits of the area of greater prevalence
mentioned on p. 223 of this Report.
TABLE 11.
| Scholars Attending. | Patients not Scholars. | From Outside. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. F. | Dip. | S. F. | Dip. | S. F. | Dip. | ||
| BOARD. | Amberley Road | 10 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Campbell Street | 4 | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | — | |
| Essendine Road | 7 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | |
| Harrow Road | 35 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | |
| Totals | 56 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 6 | |
| OTHER PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. | All Saints' | 1 | 1 | — | — | —_ | — |
| Bayswater Jewish | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Cirencester Street, R.C. | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Holy Trinity | 9 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| St. Augustine | 2 | 6 | — | 1 | 19 | 23 | |
| St. James | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | |
| St. John | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
| St. Luke, Kilbum | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |
| St. Luke, Westbourne Park | - | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| St. Mary | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| St. Man of the Angels | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | |
| St Mary Magdalene | 7 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | |
| St. Matthew | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | |
| St. Michael | 7 | - | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| St. Paul | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — | ||
| St. Peter | 9 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| St. Saviour | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | |
| St. Stephen | 2 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Saltram Crescent High School | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | — | — | |
| Westbourne | 4 | — | 1 | — | 4 | — | |
| Woodfield | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
| Grand Totals | 74 | 44 | 18 | 13 | 32 | 36 | |