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being made to obtain accurate information about the management of
medical treatment centres, whether of the rate-aided type, or those
maintained wholly or partially by philanthropic support.
In October our Education Committee convened a conference of
similar committees in Middlesex with the object of framing a county
scheme of school clinics, but the idea met with no support from the
richer authorities.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
Closure of Schools and Exclusion of Scholars.
Closure.
The Infants' Department of Croyland-road School was closed from
Friday, February 9th, and re-opened on Monday, February 26th, to
prevent the spread1 of diphtheria. (See Annual Report of Medical
Officer of Health, Section IIa.)
Exclusion of Contacts.
The rules adopted for the exclusion of contacts are as follows. All
children living in a house where there is a case of scarlet fever or
diphtheria are excluded from school until the Medical Officer of Health
certifies that they may attend. The same rule applies to contacts (i.e.,
children living in the same house) of measles, whooping-cough, chicken pox,
and mumps, in the case of children attending the Infants' Schools. In
the case of children attending the schools for older children, however, the