[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes].

  • Barnes (London, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1909
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    24 In Lonsdale Road a new School is being built, close to the dock at which the domestic refuse is being at present barged away. In my opinion this is, sanitarily, an undesirable site for such a school, and its choice is the more to be regretted as at least one other, more convenient and suitable, has been and is still available. It is, perhaps, not too much to hope that in future some con sultation may take place with the Local Sanitary Authority in the event of the Education Committee of the County Council desiring to build more schools. I would again draw attention to the unquestioned advantage which the Staffordshire method of school planning has over that now officially recommended, and generally followed, in this part of the country at least. Action taken during the year with regard to health of scholars and prevention of the spread of infectious disease amongst them will be referred to in a subsequent section of this report. But it may be here stated that 1908 has been, from the school point of view, the healthiest yet known in our district, and that school closure has not once been called for. The methods of dealing with infectious diseases in this district are planned with the idea of exercising public control from the very first. There are two great problems to be considered in dealing with infectious disease that must not be confused. The first is the question of the conditions under which sporadic cases appear to originate or occur, and under which certain diseases tend to recur, after intervals, with unusual frequency or severity.