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I have submitted a draft of new regulations amending those
at present in operation, but although experience has shown the
desirability of effecting the changes indicated in the draft, the
Regulations Committee to which they were referred has not yet
dealt with them.
The presence in the schools of the Assistant School Medical
Officers provides an additional safeguard in the control of communicable
diseases. Intimation is sent to the Assistant Medical
Officer of the school department affected of all cases of infectious
disease occurring among the children in the department to which
he is attached. The intimation gives the data on which
to base appropriate action. Thus, when a child has
attended school subsequently to the onset of infectious
illness, the Assistant School Medical Officer knows when to expect,
having regard to the incubative period of the disease, the occurrence
of other cases in the affected class, and the presence in the
school of a medical man under these circumstances is invaluable.
It has been found necessary to close the infants' departments of
the following schools during the course of the year to prevent
the spread of measles.