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but was not granted owing to the unsuitability of the premises
fqr this purpose. One fish owner commenced occupation of
unsuitable premises, that is without drainage or water supply;
these premises have been closed for this purpose.
Tents, Vans, Sheds.
Two sites in the district are occupied by migratory inhabitants
of vans, paying rent to the owners of the land. During
the winter months nuisances arise through overcrowding of
the sites, as although each site may hold, at times, one dozen
or more vans, there is in each yard only one water-closet and
one standpipe.
Schools.
The following new schools were opened in the course ot
the year:—Grafton Road, Lymington Road, Fanshawe Crescent,
Goresbrook Road, Hunters Hall, Parsloes, Halbutt Street, and
South Wood Lane. Additional accommodation was provided
at Marsh Green School.
Infectious Diseases.
No schools were closed during the year on account of the
Prevalence of Infectious Disease, and tew cases of disease
could definitely be attributed to school infection.
Owing to the large number of cases of Scarlet Fever being
nursed at home, under the Regulations by which contacts of
such have to be excluded for 14 days after the home has been
disinfected by the sanitary authority, much school time is lost
in the course of the year, as on an average for every case of
Scarlet Fever there is one school child excluded (286 exclusions
for 276 cases). The following figures (relating to public
elementary schools only) show that the risk through allowing
contacts of home treated Scarlet Fever cases to attend school
after an exclusion period of, say, 10 days, is very slight.
The Memorandum on Closure and Exclusion from School
issued jointly by the Ministry of Health and Board ot Education
gives the period of incubation of Scarlet Fever as from
l to 8 days. The 10 days is merely to cover this period. Out of
265 cases of Scarlet Fever occurring in school children in
this area in the last two years, the number that occurred in
the same class as a possible infecting case, within a period
10 days from the last date of attendance of this case was
23. Even if we assume that the cases occurring in the same
class were actually infected in school, less than 1 in 10 is