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INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
The returns forwarded each week by the head teachers giving
particulars of all new cases of non-notifiable infectious disease
coming to their knowledge included 102 cases of measles, 520 of
whooping cough, 631 of chickenpox and 393 of mumps.
Children to the number of 229 were excluded under Article
20 (6) of the Education Code for the following conditions :
Impetigo 115
Ringworm of body 3
Scabies 90
Other skin diseases 5
Conjunctivitis 13
Ringworm of head 3
229
No closure took place under Articles 22 or 23 (b) of the Code
Grant Regulations.
The following school required a certificate under Paragraph
15 (ii) of the Administrative Memorandum No. 51 issued by the
Board of Education: Perivale Infants, three weeks for whooping
cough and influenza.
Immunization against Diphtheria.—The immunization work was
interrupted at the beginning of the war but was resumed early
in December. Two-sessions were held weekly at Mattock Lane,
Ravenor Park, Greenford Green and Islips Manor Centres.
Immunization Work in 1939.
Preliminary Schick tests 141
School children immunized 181
Children under 5 years immunized 290
Final Schick tests 459
The total number of children of all ages immunized at the
Health Centres in 1939 was thus 471.