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Code: Articles 45 (b), 53 (b) and 57.—No schools were closed
during 1925 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.—78 children were reported in 1926, compared
with 35 in 1925, the number of contacts excluded numbering
160.
(b) Diphtheria.—35 cases were reported in 1926 compared
with 37 in 1925, contacts excluded, numbering 68.
(c) Measles and German Measles.—353 children were reported
from schools during the year, compared with 61 in 1925.
(d) Chicken-pox and Whooping Cough.—153 children were
reported during the year.
533 home visits were paid by the school nurses in connection
with infectious disease during the year, whilst 206 visits were
paid by the sanitary inspectors in connection with notifiable
cases.
(7) FOLLOWING UP.
Arrangements for following up cases of defect are as follow-:
Children referred for treatment from routine inspection artvisited
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-it)
inspected as to whether treatment has been carried out and it
results.
Children for whom glasses have been prescribed are re-inspect":
within three months of the original examinations. Children whose
tonsils and adenoids have been operated upon are re-inspected at