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London County Council advised the closure of Class-room A for
a period of three weeks from the 25th April.
The Medical Officer of the Educational Department of the
London County Council was communicated with on 17th May,
respecting the prevalence of measles at the Woolmore Street
School, but it was not considered closure of the school would
be effective as the "second crop" had gone.
Owing to the prevalence of Measles in the Infants' Department
of the Tidey Street School, certain class-rooms were closed from
the 17th May until after the Whitsuntide holidays, and disinfection
of the class and cloak-rooms was carried out by the Public
Health Department.
Owing to the prevalence of Measles in the Infants' Department
of the Tidey Street School, a letter was received on the 3rd
November from the Medical Officer (Education) London County
Council, stating he had advised the closure of Class-room B.
until the 14th November.
MEASLES.—HOMEWORK: (See page 38).
On the 6th of May I reported to the Public Health and Housing
Committee: —
With respect to section 110 of the Factory and Workshop Act,
1901, "prohibition of homework in places where there is an infectious
disease," this section does not apply in the case of
measles, for by sub-section 5 of section 110 the Infectious Diseases
to which this section applies are the Infectious Diseases required
to be notified under the law for the time being in force in relation
to the notification of Infectious Diseases, and the Infectious
Diseases in London are expressed in sub-section 8, Section 55,
of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.
110 (5). The infectious diseases to which this section applies
are the infectious diseases required to be notified under the law