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It would appear from this letter that the regulation
above referred to was ill-advised.
It seems to me extraordinary that on the one hand the
London County Council, no doubt upon the recommendation
of the Public Health Committee, should have added measles to
the list of infectious diseases for the purpose of disinfection,
whilst another branch of the Council, namely the Education
Authority, should issue instructions which render it most
difficult to put into operation the sections of the Public Health
(London) Act, which the London County Council themselves
made applicable to this disease.
It is unfortunate that we should receive 110 direct
intimation of important regulations in which we are interested
and which may affect our administration. The publication of
the special regulation referred to in the London County Council
Gazette was only discovered by accident.
Notwithstanding the undertaking to have this obstructive
regulation revised, further difficulties arose 011 October 2nd,
in relation to a classroom at the Sandhurst Road School, which
had been exposed to infection from Scarlet Fever (already
previously referred to). Our officers proceeded to this school
with instructions to disinfect classroom C.
They were, however, refused admission by the Schoolkeeper,
who stated that he was acting upon instructions from
the Education Department, contained in the London County
Council Gazette of July 8th, 1907. In consequence of this
refusal, I at once communicated with the Head Teacher,
informing him of the obstruction, and at the same time
pointing out to him that in my opinion classroom C should
remain closed until disinfection had been carried out.