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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
Willesden 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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(ii.) Infectious Skin Diseases.
| Disease. | Exclusion of Children suffering from disease stated in Col. 1. |
|---|---|
| (1) | (2) |
| Ringworm | Excluded. Re-admitted upon receipt of notice from School Medical Officer. |
| Scabies | Excluded. Re-admitted upon receipt of notice from School Medical Officer. |
| Eczema | Excluded. Re-admitted upon receipt of notice from School Medical Officer. |
| Impetigo | Excluded. Re-admitted upon receipt of notice from School Medical Officer. |
| (iii.) Infectious Eye Diseases. | |
| Disease. (1) | Exclusion of Children suffering from disease stated in Col. 1. (2) |
| Ophthalmia | Excluded. Re-admitted upon receipt of notice from School Medical Officer. |
| (iv.) Verminous Conditions. | |
| Disease | Exclusion of Children suffering from the condition stated |
| (i) | (2) |
| Body Lice Head Lice Nits | Excluded. Re-admitted upon receipt of notice from School Medical Officer. |
(v.) Teachers suffering with infectious diseases, or
living in a tenement where infectious disease has occurred.
The foregoing regulations apply to teachers except
where a teacher has not previously suffered and is living
in a tenement where Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Measles,
German Measles, Mumps, Chicken-pox, or Whooping Cough
has occurred. In such cases the teacher communicates
personally if possible, with the School Medical Officer, and
does not attend school unless authorised by him. If, in any
of the above cases, the teacher is required, as a condition of
his return to school, to remove temporarily to other rooms