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Any suspected cases of infectious disease are reported by the
teachers to the Medical Officer of Health, and the children excluded
from school if necessary.
All confirmed cases of infectious disease are reported to the
head teachers by the Medical Officer of Health, together with a
list of the names of contacts to be excluded from school for the
necessary period.
The School Medical Officer attends the schools periodically
for the purpose of examining the scholars, and in this way many
minor defects in the children are indicated to the parents.
FOOD.
(a) Milk Supply.
There are two cow-keepers, and an average of about a hundred
cows in the district. Much of the milk is supplied by local farms
and some from outlying farms. Thirty-two inspections were made
during the year. Only one contravention of regulations was discovered
(i.e., cowshed required cleaning).
The milk is generally of good quality and no complaints have
been received.
The most important point is the insistence of cleanliness of
the cows, premises, and utensils—but this has greatly improved
of recent years.
There is great difficulty in the outlying parts of the district
in securing fresh milk, and condensed milk has to be used instead.
Milk (Mothers and Children) Order, 1919.
Doctors and Midwives have been authorised to recommend
the supply of. milk to suitable cases, but there appears to have
been very little need for this.
(b) Meat.
Inspection is made periodically by the Sanitary Inspector.
Four carcasses of frozen mutton were voluntarily surrendered and
buried. There is no public abattoir, but the private slaughterhouses
and the facilities for inspecting meat at the time of slaughter
are satisfactory. Thirty-one inspections were made during the
year.