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" The fact of an outbreak of measles comes to my knowledge
" either through an anonymous communication, or by the teacher
" writing to me that a large number of cases have occurred.
" If the Medical Officer of Health knew immediately that cases
" were occurring through notices sent to him, as is done by the
" Board Schools, he would be able to act sooner, and thus prevent
" the spread of disease.
" I would suggest that the attention of the Education Department
" be called to this matter."
The Committee directed that the Education Department should
be communicated with respecting the matter.
Acting upon the suggestion of the Board of Education the Committee
directed that communications be sent to the authorities of
the voluntary schools in the district, with a view to their adopting the
same system of notifying the Council of cases of infectious disease
occurring in connection with the schools, as is in operation in the
case of Board Schools.
A circular letter was sent to all the voluntary school managers of
the borough, asking the managers to be good enough to adopt the
same practice as is adopted by the School Board for London in
furnishing the Medical Officer of Health with the name and address
of any child who is excluded by reason of such infectious and
contagious complaint, as the Medical Officer is not required by the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, to forward a notification certificate.
There are 27 known voluntary schools in the borough.
A form of notice was drafted and adopted by the Committee and
each school was supplied with a book.
The sanitary appliances of the Board Schools throughout the
borough were inspected. See reports of the Sanitary Inspectors.