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(a) Notifiable Diseases.—On receipt of the notification from the
Medical Officer of Health the following action is taken at the
schools:—
(1) The head master sends the notice to the head teachers of
the other departments.
(2) All affected children (whether suffering or coming from
the home in which the disease exists) are excluded from
school.
(3) Head teachers of all departments forward on the same day
the names and addresses of all children affected by the
notice, to the Divisional Superintendent and the Medical
Officer (Education), on a form specially provided for the
purpose.
(4) The notification is then filed at the school until the end of
the school year.
(5) Children coming from houses in which Erysipelas and
Typhoid, or Enteric Fever exists, but who are not themselves
suffering from the disease, should not be excluded
from school.
(6) Children excluded on account of a notifiable infectious
disease occurring either in themselves or others in the
houses in which they live, must not be allowed to return
to school unless a certificate has been received from the
Medical Officer of Health, stating that the premises are
free from infection.
(7) Head teachers will note that the certificate forwarded by
the Medical Officer of Health merely states that the
premises from which the children come are free from
infection, and does not certify that the children are in a
condition to be permitted to resume attendance at school,
for it may be that, though the premises are free from
infection, the children coming from such premises may be