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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Beckenham 1922

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]

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36
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The methods by which information of sickness, infectious or
non-infectious, among school children is brought to the School
Medical Officer have been described in previous reports, and no
important changes have taken place during the year.
The School Nurse has paid 1,066 visits to the homes of children
who were reported absent on account of sickness.

Table: School Closure.—The School Medical Officer, acting in accordance with Paragraph 53 (b) of the Code, closed the following Departments for the diseases indicated: —

School Closure.—The School Medical Officer, acting in accordance with Paragraph 53 (b) of the Code, closed the following Departments for the diseases indicated: —

School.Dept.Disease.Period of Closure.
Churchfields RoadInfantsInfluenza24.1.22 to 7.2.22
Churchfields RoadGirls and BoysInfluenza25.1.22 to 7.2.22
AlexandraInfantsInfluenza & Measles17.1.22 to 31.1.22
AlexandraGirts and BoysInfluenza19.1.22 to 31.1.22
BalgowanInfantsMumps.25.5.£2 to 14.6.22

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Exclusions.—The following Table gives the numbers of
children excluded from school under Article 53 (b) of the Code, or
other Statutory provisions during the year: —