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Schools.— The Sanitary Inspectors make a thorough examination
each year, during the vacation, of all public elementary and
private schools and on their reports steps are taken to remedy any
defects found.
In the control of infectious disease the routine weekly reports
of the absentees on account of non-notifiable infectious diseases'
supplied by the head-teachers to the Medical Officer of Health,
prove invaluable. These reports enable the Health Visitors to
visit the homes and to give the mothers advice regarding the
prevention of the spread of infection and the prevention of. complications,
particularly in measles and whooping cough.