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useful alternative to School or Class Closure in certain
cases. In addition, all known cases of Measles are excluded
as well as the inmates of affected houses in accordance with
the Code.
The details of the closure or exclusion during 1910 are as
follow:—
(a) School or Class Closure.
1. Santley Street School (Infants' Department).—Classroom
A (average attendance 28) was closed for a period of
3 weeks from April 22nd to May 13th, 1910, on account
of an outbreak of Measles (one case). The whole of the
Infants' Department (class-rooms A, B, C, D, E, F and G)
were disinfected. Result of closure was that the outbreak
declined.
2. St. Michael's, Halstead Street (Infants).—School was
closed from December 16th, 1910, until after the Christmas
holidays, on account of an outbreak of Measles (28 cases
during 4 weeks). Average attendance at school was l56.
Result of closure was that the outbreak declined.
3. St. Saviour's, Salamanca (Infants' Department).—Classrooms
2 and 4 (known as Grade II., ages 4-5 years, and
Grade III A, ages 5-6 years) were closed from December
9th, 1910, until after the Christmas holidays, owing to cut
breaks of Measles (32 and 16 cases respectively in three
weeks) and Diphtheria (2 and 1 cases respectively in three
weeks). (For particulars of the Diphtheria, see page 75.)
12 unprotected children were also excluded from December
5th until after the Christmas holidays from Grade E,
Room 5 (babies)—1 case of Measles having occurred in this
particular class (see page 64).
The other 2 classes in the Infants' Department (Grade
III. B, ages 5-7 years, and Standard I., ages 6-7 years,
were not interfered with, all the children under 5 years of
age having had Measles.
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