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(6) INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
As the School Medical Officers are also the Public Health
Medical Officers, the occurrence of infectious disease is known
to them at once and steps taken accordingly.
Code : Articles 45 (b), 53 (b) and 57.—No schools were closed
during 1923 for infectious disease, nor was the School Medical
Officer required to submit any certificate under the Board of
Education Amending Regulations, No. 2 (a), 1924, for purposes
of apportioning grant.
(a) Scarlet Fever.—35 cases were reported in 1925, compared
with 31 in 1924.
(b) Diphtheria.—37 cases were reported in 1925, compared
with 23 in 1924.
(c) Measles and German Measles.—61 cases were reported
from schools during the year, compared with 192 in 1924.
(d) Chicken-pox and Whooping Cough.—160 cases of
chicken-pox and whooping cough were reported during the year.
318 home visits were paid by the school nurses in connection
with infectious disease during the year, whilst 144 visits were
made by the sanitary inspectors in connection with notifiable
cases.
(7) FOLLOWING UP.
Arrangements for following up cases of defect are ns follows:
Children subjects of defects other than minor ailments are
seen at their own homes, and advice offered the parents by the
school nurses as how best whatever treatment may be necessary
can be obtained. Following-up cards are kept in respect of all
children referred for treatment from routine or special examination,
and on subsequent visits of the medical officer to the school
such children are re-inspected as to whether treatment has been
carried out and its results.