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It is doubtful if mere exclusion from school of children
under five can be regarded as a real solution of the problem.
It would possibly effect an improvement in the immediate
mortality from measles, but in many instances the homes are
so unsatisfactory that the children are better off in school, in
spite of the risk of infection. As an alternative to the total
exclusion of children under five, the establishment of special
nursery schools has been suggested for children between the
ages of three and five years.
One must be able to penetrate further than the school if
a permanent improvement is to result.
A study of the street distribution of the deaths will show
what an important part social conditions play in the casefatality
of Measles.