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possesses the special qualification, as Inspector of meat and
other food, granted by the Royal Sanitary Institute.
This qualification is now urged by the Local Government
Board in their memorandum as to annual reports, who
require information upon the subject.
PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
There are six schools in the district, viz.:—Arkley C.E.
Infants' School; Barnet C.E. Boys', Girls', and Infants'
Departments; Barnet C.C. School, with Boys' and Girls'
Departments; Christ Church School, with Boys', Girls', and
Infants' Departments; Hadley Infants' School; and Moxon
Street Infants' School.
The following school has been closed during the year on
account of an outbreak of infectious disease.
SCHOOL. PERIOD OF
CLOSURE. NATURE OF DISEASE.
Arkley Infants' School. 2 weeks. Scarlet Fever.
The sanitary condition of the schools is satisfactory, and
the drainage system of each school is periodically tested.
The water supply is adequate and pure.
The scholars are medically examined every three years
by the Assistant School Medical Officer, and in addition the
schools are visited each term by him.
Doubtful cases of infectious disease are referred to him,
and contacts examined and excluded if necessary.
The school buildings are disinfected every vacation, and
after any outbreak of illness.
Closure of the schools is only advised after all other
means of checking the spread of the disease have been
employed.
CEREBRO-SPINAL FEVER AND ACUTE
POLIOMYELITIS.
A General Order was issued by the Local Government
Board in August, making the above diseases compulsorily
notifiable, and giving the same powers in relation to them as
are contained in the Infectious Disease (Prevention) Act, 1890,
for dealing with with other notifiable diseases.
I am pleased to say that no notification was received
during the year of either disease.