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THE STRAND DISTRICT, LONDON.
21
years, the mortality in London from small.pox, diphtheria,
whooping.cough, scarlet fever and "fever" was below the average,
while that from measles and diarrhoea was above it.
Schools and Infectious Disease.—134 certificates have been
forwarded to me by school teachers, relating to children who have
been excluded from school on account of infectious disease existing
in their homes. These certificates are furnished by Hoard School
teachers under the code of Regulations laid down by the School
Board for London for the guidance of Managers, Correspondents
and Teachers. Regulation 148 (ii.) states that:—
"Any child showing symptoms of an infectious disease, or any
"child coming from a house where an infectious disease exists,
"must be sent home at once, and the Superintendent of Visitors
"must be immediately informed of the case, in order that
"enquiries may at once be made with a view to proper steps being
"taken to prevent the children living in the same house or
"tenement from attending School.
"The Medical Officer of Health for the District must also at
"the same time be informed of the child's exclusion, and furnished
"with the name and address of the child, and the reason for its
"exclusion on a form with ivhich the teachers will he supplied by the
" Head Office.
Board Schools and other primary schools also come under the
Code of Regulations issued by the Lords of the Committee of the
Privy Council on Education and under Article 101* a special
grant may be obtained for children who have been excluded from
school. The Article is as follows :—
"Where the Department are satisfied that by reason of a
"notice of the Sanitary Authority, under Article 88, or any
"provision of an Act of Parliament requiring the exclusion of
"certain children or by reason of the exclusion under Medical
"advice of children from infected houses, the average attendance
"has been seriously diminished, and that, consequently, a loss of
"annual grant would, but for this Article, be incurred, the
"Department have power to make a special grant not exceeding
" the amount of such loss, in addition to the ordinary grant."