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District Council Offices,
Hendon,
189
To the Head Teacher
School
I have this day received notice from a Medical Practitioner
that residing at is
suffering from
A further certificate will be forwarded to you when the house
is free from infection, and until then I must ask you not to allow
anyone to attend school from above house.
Medical Officer of Health.
The parents are at the same time warned that they must
isolate the affected ones as far as practicable, and in no case to
allow them to leave the house or mix with other children for a
period of three weeks. The Sanitary Inspector at the end of this
time in most cases again visits the houses to obtain information
as to whether any further outbreak has arisen which has not been
reported, and if satisfactory the house is disinfected. A formal
certificate is forwarded to the school declaring the house free
from infection.
Information received from School Authorities.
A large amount of information is obtained by me of existing
disease from the School Attendance Officer, for in every case
where 1 have found Measles prevalent, I visit the Schools and
gather from the register how many are away, and on consulting
with the School Attendance Officer, he is generally able to tell
whether their non-attendance is due to Measles or not; if in doubt,
the Inspector visits the houses and ascertains. In many instances
I have examined the children myself, say of the Infant Department
(the one generally affected) and sent home doubtful cases.
I also give advice to the teachers of the signs and premonitory
symptoms of the disease, and ask them to exclude from school