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56 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
14 of the 16 cases in Merton Road School occurred during the
first four months of the year.
The Medical Officer of the London County Council excluded
88 children from 11 schools during the year, chiefly in October,
November and December, until a medical certificate was received
to the effect that the child was free from infectious disease.
All the homes of these children were visited, in many cases two
or three times, to see that medical attendance was provided, and in
several cases the children were examined by myself before being
permitted to return to school.
The cases excluded were chiefly in Tooting Graveney School,
owing to the presence of several unrecognised cases of an extremely
mild type.
It was necessary to carry out disinfection in Ensham Street,
Tooting Graveney, Broadwater Road, Littleton Street Special and
St. Andrew's Street Schools, but in all these cases the disinfection
was carried out without closing the schools.