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School Medical Inspections, Absentees, etc.—Medical inspection
of school children was carried out by the London County Council staff at
several schools, and arrangements were made for the notification of
absentees, in addition to the usual notification on Form 84. All suspicious
cases were kept under observation by the Public Health Staff, the number
of visits paid by the Sanitary Inspectors to school absentees was 339.
Notification of Chickenpox.—The notification of Chickenpox was
continued during the calendar year 1930, and 1,365 cases reported:—
1,326 notified by medical practitioners.
24 reported by the school authority.
15 reported by parents or from other sources.
Of the 1,365 cases, 35 were not confirmed.
All cases notified as Chickenpox were visited by a member of the
Medical Staff. This procedure resulted in the discovery of 18 cases of
Smallpox.
The following table shows the visits paid by the Medical Staff to cases
of doubtful Smallpox, Chickenpox and Smallpox contacts. Several ot
these visits represent visits paid to workplaces in order to examine contacts
of cases who had been at work in an infectious condition:—