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Willesden 1919
[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. 1 | Exclusion of Children suffering from the condition stated in Col. 1. 2 |
| Body Lice | Excluded. Re-admitted upon receipt of notice from School Medical Officer. |
| Head Lice | |
| Nits | |
(v.) Teachers Suffering with Infectious Diseases, or Living in a Tenement
where Infectious Disease has Occurred.
The foregoing regulations shall 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 shall communicate
personally if possible with the School Medical Officer, and shall 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 and does not comply, no salary shall be allowed
for the time during which the teacher is absent from school on account of his non-compliance with
the requirements of the School Medical Officer.
Each Assistant Medical Officer has charge of the Schools in his own district, and his duties
include all Health work in his area. He therefore has a complete knowledge of all infectious illness
occurring in his Schools or the neighbourhood. Whenever it appears desirable on account of the
prevalence of any infectious disease, the Schools are visited by the Assistant Medical Officer or Health
"Visitor, with a view to examining children, taking swabs for bacteriological examination, etc., and
excluding or taking other necessary action in all cases.
Daring the year, 243 cases of Scarlet Fever, 287 cases of Diphtheria, 933 cases of Measles and
German Measles, 113 cases of Whooping Cough, 903 cases of Mumps, and 379 cases of Chicken-pox
were reported amongst Willesden scholars and dealt with.
3. FOOD.
(a) Milk Supply.—The wholesomeness of the milk produced within or imported into the district
and the general adequacy of the arrangements for the supply and distribution of milk of pure and wholesome
character should be reported upon; also the administration of the Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops
Orders ; and any action taken as to tuberculous milk, whether under local Acts or under Articles 13 and
15 of the Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops Order of 1885, and Article 11 of the Dairies, Cowsheds, and
Milkshops Order of 1899.