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regulation with regard to the exclusion from school of children
suffering from Measles, or coming from houses where Measles
exists, as follows :—
"Children suffering from Measles must be excluded for at
least one month.
"Children coming from houses where Measles exists, but who
are not themselves suffering from the disease, should be dealt
with as follows :—
"(i.) A child attending other than an infants' school,
who has had Measles, need not be excluded from attendance
at school.
"(ii.) A child attending other than an infants' school,
who has not had Measles, must be excluded from attendance
at school until the Monday following the expiration of 14 days
days from the occurrence of the first case.
"(iii.) A child attending an infants' school, whether or
not it has had Measles, must be excluded from attendance at
school until the Monday following the expiration of 14 days
from the occurrence of the last case."
Accommodation for the treatment of Measles is much needed
for London, and if provided would tend to lessen the present
high mortality from that disease, which, in the generality of cases,
requires only proper nursing and attention to secure a favonrable
convalescence. In many homes such nursing and attention is
impossiDle, the matter is one that concerns the different metropolitan
sanitary districts, and the Lambeth Council decided
during 1906 to approach the Local Government Board with a
view to some sort of hospital accommodation being provided for
measles-patients who live in poor and crowded homes.
Whooping Cough.
Whooping Cough is also a serious disease, especially to young