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1906]
the circumstances and as to the attendance at school of other children in the
houses.
This return is very satisfactory, for it shows that at last the school
authorities are alive to the assistance they can obtain from Medical Officers of
Health in protecting their schools from infectious disease. From 1891-1898
no returns, or only very few, were received by the Medical Officer of Health,
but in 1899, owing to the strong representations that had been made, 829 cases
were notified. In the following year the number rose to over 3,000, and then,
with a slight increase in 1901, fell again in 1902. The exact numbers notified
in each year are as follows:—
1899 829
1900 3,066
1901 3,395
1902 2,307
1903 2,298
1904 2,425
1905 3,397
1906 4,135
It need not be said that the notification of such a number of cases has
enormously increased the work of the Sanitary Inspectors.