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The number of cases of Notifiable Infectious Diseases removed to hospital in
each week of the year were as stated in the attached table.
EXCLUSION OF CHILDREN FROM SCHOOL ON ACCOUNT
OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE, WHETHER NOTIFIABLE OR NON-
NOTIFIABLE.
On September 8th, 1909, the following instruction was issued to the
Sanitary Inspectors :—
Dr. Kerr, the Medical Officer of the Education Branch of London County
Council, informed me on Monday, 6th instant, that he proposes to give the
following instruction as a new rule in regard to the exclusion of children from
school on account of contact with infectious disease:—
Present Rule.
Only children coming from the same flat, or, in a tenement house,
from the same floor in the case of self-contained tenements, where
infection exists should be excluded from attendance at school.
Proposed Rule
Where a case of infectious disease occurs in any premises inhabited
by children attending a public elementary school the children should be
excluded from school, in accordance with the following rules, where a
portion or portions of such premises are sub-let:—
(a) In the case of "Model Dwellings" or "Trust Buildings," etc.,
only children from the same flat (or self-contained tenement) as
that in which the case of infection exists.
(b) In the case of an ordinary dwelling house sub-let, children from
the whole house should be excluded, except in cases where the
tenements are absolutely self-contained and each family has its
own domestic and sanitary conveniences, in which case the
above mentioned rule (a) will apply.