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A child attending other than an infants' school who has not had
measles must be excluded from attendance at school until the Monday
following the expiration of fourteen days from the occurrence of the
first case.
A child attending an infants' school, whether or not it has had
measles, must be excluded from attendance at school until the Monday
following the expiration of fourteen days from the occurrence of the
last case.
Children suffering from the following diseases must be excluded
from school for the undermentioned periods :—-
Mumps, for one month.
Chicken-pox, for at least two weeks or until every scab has fallen off
the scalp or body.
Whooping-cougli, for as long as the cough continues, and not less
than five weeks from the commencing of the whooping.
Children coming from houses in which either mumps, chickenpox,
or whooping-cough exists must be dealt with as follows:—
(a) Children in schools other than infants' schools who have not had
the disease, and all children in infants' schools must be excluded.
(b) Children in schools other than infants' schools who have had the
disease need not be excluded.
Children living in infected houses and excluded from school under
a and b must absent themselves for the undermentioned periods:—
Mumps, for such time as the medical attendant dealing with the
case deems necessary, or in cases where there is no medical attendant
for three weeks.
Chicken-pox, for two weeks.
Whooping-cough, for two weeks.
The sanitary arrangements of 13 schools were improved or re-constructed
during the year, and the use of one building as a school was
given up.
It is probable that certain schools will be discontinued, as it is
impossible to make them comply with modern requirements.