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SCHOOLS.
There are 21 Public Elementary Schools in Enfield, comprising
47 departments.
The Secondary Schools include the Boys' Grammar School,
the County School for Girls and the Junior Technical School. In
addition there are a number of private establishments.
There are also the Chase Farm Schools belonging to the Middlesex
County Council, and a Roman Catholic Institution known as
St. Joseph's Home for Destitute Boys.
Periodical examinations of the conditions of the public elementary
schools are made by the Sanitary Inspector, and anv defects
found are brought to the notice of the Education Committee and
Managers, with the result that they are remedied without
delay.
Infectious Diseases and Schools.
Following a suggestion of the Ministry of Heath, an arrangement
is in force between the Council and Education Committee,
under which the Head Teachers of the various schools notify the
Medical Officer of Health of all absentees suspected to be suffering
from any infectious disease.
These absentees are then visited, and the cause of absence
ascertained.
This means of becoming aware of cases of infectious disease is
now most important in view of the fact that Measles is no longer
notifiable in the District.
The Public Health Department relies upon the list of absentees
from schools, possibly on account of infectious disease, to discover
the extent of an outbreak of non-notifiable infectious disease.
No. of children notified to be absent from School
due to suspected Infectious Disease 1,576
No. of children found to be suffering from
Infectious Disease 1,390
RAG FLOCK ACTS, 1911 AND 1928.
There are 6 premises in the District where Rag Flock is
manufactured, used or sold, and these are kept under observation
by the Sanitary Inspectors.
Four samples were taken during the year, and as one was found
not to comply with the standard laid down in the Acts, a letter of
warning was sent from the Council.