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Infectious Disease. 117
Infectious Disease.
In dealing with infectious disease in the schools
much assistance is obtained from the weekly returns
of absences due to infectious disease furnished by the
head-teachers. Valuable information is provided of
the occurrence of cases of non-notifiable diseases, the
extent of the prevalence can be fairly accurately gauged
and the children can be visited at their homes either
by the School Nurses or by the Health Visitors.
Measles was prevalent in the early summer, especially
in three infants' schools, Drayton, Northfields and
Christ Church, all of which were closed on the recommendation
of the School Medical Officer under Article
45b of the Code, the first two from the 14th to the
21st May, for seven days, which with the week's holiday
at Whitsuntide meant a period of closure of 14 days,
and the third for 14 days from the 21st June to the
5th J uly.
Under Article 53 no fewer than 645 children were
excluded during the year. The conditions necessitating
exclusion were as follows :
Impetigo 464
Ringworm of Head 50
Ringworm of Body 29
Scabies 62
Other Skin Diseases 40
645
When children are excluded they are not re-admitted
until submitted for examination by the School Medical
Officer and a certificate of re-admission granted. This
is a rule which is strictly kept by the teachers.