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ADMINISTRATIVE WORK.
confessed that cases have occurred during the past year in such numbers in certain schools as
to raise a suspicion that they were acting as centres of infection. Until evidence is available
that a given class or classroom is the actual seat of mischief it has been held to be
inadvisable to resort to closure. The case is complicated by the fact that many families
have children attending more than one school.
The notices sent to schools during the year numbered 3,232 in all, as compared with
3,707 in 1905 and 2,804 in 1904. In the appended statement the figures for 1905 are given in
parentheses to show the changes in character of the diseases in 1906.
Exclusion. Re-admission.
For notified diseases 1,044 (462) 1,044 (442)
For other diseases 827 (1,928) 317 (875)
Certain changes in regulations governing exclusion of children from homes infected with
measles, whooping-cough, etc., have rendered the issue of re-admission notices unnecessary in
a proportion of the cases covered by those requiring exclusion.
It is impossible to set out in detail particulars of the numbers of cases in connection with
each school, except in the form of a summary for the whole year. This is done in Table 30,

P.A.—Patient a scholar of the school. P.N.A.—Patient not attending school.
N.R.—Patient resided outside the Borough.