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Other children who have not previously had the disease must
be kept at home for at least a fortnight, and may then return to
school provided they have no cough and are not infants.
Those who have already had Whooping Cough may be allowed
to attend the Boys' or Girls' Schools, but not the Infant School.
H. MEREDITH RICHARDS, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health.
Town Hall, Croy on.
A penalty of £5 is attached to the exposure of infected persons and things
COUNTY BOROUGH OF CROYDON.
SUMMER DIARRHCEA.
This disease is most fatal, especially to children under one year of
age, and in August, September, and October. In all cases medical
advice should be obtained without delay.
As the disease introduced into the body principally by food, no
food should be eaten except what is perfectly fresh.
Special attention should be given to the Milk for Children.
It should not be kept in the house for more than twelve hours.
It should be boiled shortly before being given to the child.
It should be kept in a cool well-ventilated place, in vessels that
have been well cleaned and scalded.
The feeding bottle should be scalded and carefully cleansed each
time it is used. A boat shaped bottle with a reversible teat and without
tubing should be used.
All houses should be kept clean and well ventilated. The
windows and doors should be kept open as much as possible. The
floors of the rooms should be scrubbed with soap and water at frequent
intervals, and the walls of closets, passages, and cellars should be limewashed
frequently. Closet pans should be always kept clean, and back
yards frequently swilled with water where possible.
Animal and Vegetable Refuse should be burned in the kitchen grate
instead of being put into the Dustbin. See that the Ashbin is regularly
emptied.
Nuisances should be reported at the Public Health Department at
once.
*For further particulars consult the pamphlet on Infant Feeding, which can be
obtained free at the Public Health Department.
H. MEREDITH RICHARDS, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health.
Public Health Department,
Town Hall,