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No scholar from any family or house affected is allowed to
return to school without an authorising certificate from this
Department.
Directly the patient is removed the room or rooms are disinfected
with formaldehyde gas, or sprayed with formalin as may be
more convenient.
The bedding is removed to the Depot for disinfection in a
Washington Lyons Disinfector, then returned to the house in a
separate bedding van.
In most cases a notice is served upon the owner to complete
disinfection by stripping the walls of paper, etc.
(a) Diphtheria Anti-toxin.
A supply of anti-toxin is kept at the Council Offices, and the
residences of the Medical Officer of Health and Chief Sanitary
Inspector, where it can be obtained at any time.
About 75 tubes (150,000 units) were supplied during the year.
(b) Swabs for Diphtheria, Etc.
The Medical Practitioners are supplied with swabs, sputum
bottles, and pipettes, for the purpose of assisting in the diagnosis
-of the different diseases indicated, and a further supply can always
be obtained at the addresses given above.
(c) Non-Notifiable Infectious Cases such as Measles, Etc.
I have drawn up a code of instructions for the guidance of
teachers in the Council's Schools (and others), showing what may
be the preliminary symptoms of Notifiable and Non-notifiable
Infectious Diseases, and the time that svch cases are to be excluded
from school attendance.