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"Children coming from houses where measles exist, but who are not
themselves suffering from the disease, should be dealt with as
follows:—
"(1) A child attending other than an Infants' School, who
has had measles, need not be excluded from attendance
at school.
"(2) A child attending other than an Infants' School, who
has not had measles, must be excluded from attendance
at school until the Monday following the expiration of
14 days from the occurrence of the first case.
"(3) A child attending an Infants' School, whether or not it
has had measles, must be excluded from attendance at
school until the Monday following the expiration of 14
days from the occurrence of the last case."
The following note has recently been added:—
"Note.—If a Medical Attendant or the Medical Officer of Health should
certify in any special case, that periods of exclusion should be extended, teachers
are to observe their instructions, and to at once communicate with the Medical
Officer (Education)."
WHOOPING COUGH.
During the year there were only 10 deaths from whooping cough in
comparison with 15 the preceding year. The average for the preceding decennium
was 31. Of the 10 deaths 4 occurred in St. Giles and Bloomsbury and 6 in the
Holborn District. All were children under 5 years of age. The decennial
average for the two districts was 8 and 12 respectively.
DIARRHŒA.
The Local Government Board has requested that under the heading
"Diarrhoea," as regards children under 1 year of age, all diseases classified as
"Diarrhoea diseases " in table V. shall be included.
The number of deaths from diarrhoea during the year was 39, in comparison
with 28 in the previous year with the inclusion, as just stated, of the deaths from
infantile diarrhœal diseases.
38 of the 39 deaths were of children under 5 years of age, 37 being children
under 1 year; 21 of the 39 deaths occurred in the third, or summer quarter of the
year, all but one being children under 1 year of age.