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103 [1900
The London School Board deserve great credit for the manner in which they
have dealt with infectious diseases in their code, and although it might possibly be
improved, yet, taken as a whole, it is admirable. As it is a document of great
importance it is given here for the information of the Council and the Public.
Sanitary Condition of Schools: Cleanliness of Children: Infectious Diseases:
Notification: Symptoms.
Cleanliness of Schools and Children.
148. (i.) In order to maintain the sanitary condition of the schools, the head
teacher of each department is held responsible for seeing that the following
regulations are carried out:—
(a) The whole premises are to be properly ventilated, both during
school hours and after the children have left.
(b) The rooms are to be washed at least once every three weeks
except where otherwise ordered by the Works Committee.
(c) Children who may present themselves in a dirty condition are to
be required to wash at once; and, if further purification is needed, to be
sent home for the purpose.
(d) Each child in the school is to be provided with a peg, on which
must be hung its cap, bonnet, cloak, or shawl.
(e) Any bad smells arising from defective drainage are to be reported
at once to the head office.
(f) The urinals and drains must be sluiced out twice a day, viz., in
the middle of the day and after school in the evening.
(g) Schoolkeepers are not supplied with disinfectants, as the Works
Committee are of opinion that if the troughs, urinals, and w.c.'s are
systematically and thoroughly flushed in accordance with the code of
instructions for the guidance of schoolkeepers, the use of disinfectants
will be unnecessary. In the event of it becoming necessary to disinfect a
school or schoolkeeper's house, the local authorities must be requested to
carry out the work.
Infectious Diseases—Notification.
(ii.) The following infectious diseases are dealt with under the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891, as notifiable diseases:—
Small-pox. Scarlatina.
Cholera. Scarlet Fever, and the fevers
Diphtheria. known by any of the following
Membraneous croup. names:- typhus, typhoid,
Erysipelas. enteric and relapsing.