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COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND DISORDERS.
School Notifications of Exclusion (Patients, Contacts and Suspects), Third Quarter ending
Saturday, October 2nd, 1909.
NUMBER OF WEEK. | |||||||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Total. | ||
A. Compulsorily Certifiable Diseases. Small Pox | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
Scarlet Fever | 11 | 13 | 19 | I | •• | •• | •• | 17 | 36 | 41 | 38 | 31 | 24 | 231 | |
Diphtheria | 5 | 10 | 14 | •• | •• | •• | •• | 3 | 7 | 28 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 102 | |
Enteric Fever | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
Erysipelas | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 1 | •• | •• | •• | 1 | |
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
B. Voluntarily Certifiable Diseases. Consumption | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | Compulsory from Poor Law Insti- tutions. |
C. Temporarily Certifiable Diseases. Chicken Pox | 15 | 26 | 15 | •• | •• | •• | •• | 9 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 74 | When Small Pox is about. |
D. Non-certifiable Diseases. Measles | 28 | 15 | •• | •• | •• | •• | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 66 | ||
Whooping Cough | 8 | 2 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 12 | 5 | •• | 3 | 38 | |||
Mumps | 8 | 3 | 3 | •• | •• | •• | •• | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | •• | 30 | |
Tonsilitis | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 2 | •• | •• | 2 | |
E. Suspicious Symptoms. Sore Throat | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
Feverish Cold | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
Whooping | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | ||
Vomiting | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
Diarrhoæa | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
Rash | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
Etc. | 1 | 2 | 3 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | •• | 14 | |
F. Communicable Disorders. Ophthalmia | •• | 1 | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 1 | •• | 3 | |
Ringworm | 7 | 6 | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 57 | |
Impetigo | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
Scabies | 1 | •• | 2 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 2 | •• | •• | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
Pediculosis Corporis | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
„ Capitis | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
TOTAL | 81 | 93 | 63 | 1 | •• | •• | •• | 27 | 85 | 93 | 81 | 62 | 40 | 69 |