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School Books and Infectious Diseases.
The Bermondsey Borough Council called attention to the practice of
the London County Council requiring school library books, which have
been exposed to infection in cases of dangerous infectious disease, to be
returned to the head teacher, who burnt such books. The Medical Officer
suggested any such books should be delivered to the Sanitary Authority
for destruction, when other infected articles are being collected from the
scholar's home for destruction, but the County Council expressed the
opinion that its present regulations are satisfactory.
The Bermondsey Borough Council made a representation to the
London County Council urging that infected school books should be
delivered to the Borough Councils for destruction, as suggested by their
Medical Officer, and asked that such action be supported.
The Public Health and Housing Committee recommended—
"That the Council concur in the representation made by the
Bermondsey Borough Council, and the London County Council be so
informed."
The London County Council now consents to the destruction by the
Metropolitan Borough Councils, where necessary, of school books which
have been exposed to infection at private houses.
Attendance Medals and Exclusion from Schools.
The Public Health and Housing Committee directed a further representation
to be made to the London County Council urging reconsideration
of the rule under which children excluded from school owing to infectious
diseases in their homes are deprived of attendance medals.
The Woolwich Borough Council made representations to the London
County Council urging that in view of the serious injury occasioned to the
health of children attracted by school medals to attend school when ill,
and to the difficulty of dealing with the spread of infectious diseases in
schools for the same reason, the issue of such medals should be abolished.
The Public Health and Housing Committee were of opinion the