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Non-Notifiable Diseases of Childhood.
Head teachers return a Form M.I. 13/Form 2033 showing children
excluded from school as suspected contacts or suffering from suspected
infectious disease. This return has proved of considerable value in
ascertaining ccrtain cases which although notifiable had through
inadvertance not comc to our notice by more conventional methods.
In addition this form shows the cases of non-notifiable infectious
disease occurring among school children during the year, the number
reported being as follows:—
Chickenpox 845
Conjunctivitis 14
Eczema 1
Gastro-enteritis 2
Glandular Fever 6
Impetigo 8
Mumps 195
Ringworm 2
Rubella 805
Scabies 5
These numbers must necessarily be acceptcd with reserve since
they represent our only available, but not necessarily wholly accurate,
information.