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infants under the age of five, from Schools in the infected
areas, notwithstanding the fact that in some cases the London
County Council, as the Education Authority, attempted to deal
with the position by ordering the exclusion only of unprotected
children, in my opinion a useless measure owing to the impossibility
of ascertaining which children are unprotected. Many
parents still fail to recognise the seriousness of measles, and
are not disposed to admit that their children are unprotected,
knowing that they will be excluded. Experience has shown us
that it is useless to rely on this system. The only way to
check the spread of the disease is to close the affected classrooms
sufficiently early and to exclude altogether infants under
live, who run the greatest risk in continuing school attendance
in an affected area.
Much benefit has followed the recent provision by the
Metropolitan Asylums Board of Hospital accommodation for
cases which could not properly be treated in their own homes.
SCHOOLS.
The following is a list of Schools in which classrooms
were closed with a view of preventing the spread of infection.
On account of Measles
Brownhill Road Council School.— Whole of Infants
Department, three weeks, 23rd February.
Christ Church School, Forest Hill.— Classroom A,
Infants' Department, three weeks, 10th March.
Church Street School, Lee.— Infants' Department
closed three weeks, 24th January.
Dalmain Road Council School.— Classrooms F and H,
Infants' Department, three weeks, 16th May.
Kilmorie Road Council School.— Classroom B, Infants'
Department, three weeks, 22nd February.