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52 ADMINISTRATIVE WORK.

P.A.—Patient a scholar of the school. P.N.A.—Patient not a scholar.
N.R.—Patient resident beyond Borough : not known whether scholar or not.
The notices issued for the exclusion of children from school, numbered 1,883 last year,
as compared with 2,238 in 1907, and 1,871 in 1906. Owing to different practice as to
sending notices to re-admit after cases of the non-notified diseases, the numbers of exclusion
and re-admission notices with respect to those diseases do not balance. The complete figures
for the last two years (those for 1907 in italics), are given below:—
In connection Notices Issued.
with Exclusion. Re-admission.
Notified diseases 1,083 (763) 1,083 (763)
Other diseases 800 (1,475) 502 (560)
Closure of classes or departments of schools was resorted to on 21 occasions last year,
8 more than in 1907 and in 1906. In addition there were 8 cases of exclusion of "unprotected
children" from classes in which cases of measles occurred. All closures and exclusions