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the infant schools. When the parent subsequently attends with
the child for medical inspection, any questions on the subject are
answered by the Medical Officer.
During the year the number of school children Schick tested
totalled 200, of which number 42 were found to be Schick negative
and therefore not to require treatment. Children under five years
of age were referred for immunization from the Child Welfare
department and 290 of these children received the series of three
injections, the usual practice of omitting the preliminary Schick
test in young children being adopted. Schick tests were applied
subsequently to immunization to determine its effectiveness in
452 cases and ten were found susceptible and were re-immunized.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
The returns sent each week by the head teachers giving
particulars of all new cases of non-notifiable infectious disease
included 1,577 cases of measles, 319 of whooping cough, 493 of
chickenpox and 686 of mumps.
Certificates in respect of five schools were supplied during
the year under Para. 15 (ii) of the Administrative Memorandum
No. 51 issued by the Board of Education. These were given
when the prevalence of infectious disease had resulted in the
percentage of school attendance falling below 60 per cent., and were
as follows :
Perivale Infants' School Week ending 27th March : Measles.
St. Saviour's School Weeks ending 27th March, 3rd and
8th April : Measles.
Betham's School Weeks ending 27th March, 3rd and
8th April : Measles and Mumps.
Wood End Infants' School Week ending 8th April : Measles.
Drayton Infants' School Weeks ending 15th, 22nd and 29th
May : Measles.