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Measles and Whooping Cough are usually considered trivial
diseases, but during the past twelve years in this district they
have caused 208 deaths, while Scarlet Fever has caused only 16.
It is further important to observe that the younger a child is the
more liable he is to infectious illness, and the younger a child is
the greater is the likelihood of infectious illness proving fatal.
There is thus a double reason for protecting the younger children
in households from infectious illness. I am afraid this is not
generally recognised, and that still a large number of parents
thinks the sooner their children have these illnesses the better.
II.—SPECIAL CASES.
This section deals with cases which were referred to me
during the year by the Attendance Sub-Committees, the School
Teachers and the School Attendance Officers.
The following table is a statement of the diseases from which
these children suffered and the number excluded on account of
these diseases