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EXCLUSION OF INDIVIDUAL SCHOLARS.
In the Measles epidemic above referred to all contacts from
infected houses who had not previously suffered from Measles were
excluded from School attendance, and leaflets of advice were left at
practically every house in the district.
The Inspection Clinic held each school morning during the
year at the Town Hall has been continued, and 3,426 examinations
were made. The following is a list of the various ailments from
which these children have been found to be suffering and the proportions
in which they occurred:—
Ringworm 127
Alopecia Areata 5
Eczema 35
Impetigo Contagiosa 115
Herpes 13
Scabies 38
Other forms of Skin Disease 53
Boils and Abscesses 5
Verminous Cases 277