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265 cases were notified by school teachers, compared with
3)61, 377, 41, and 439, in the four previous years. 65 were
under five yearn of age, 197 between five and ten, and 3
over ten.
An order was issued by the Local Government Board
giving permission to the Asylums Board to admit to their
hospitals children under 14 suffering from whooping-cough,
on the recommendation of the Medical Officer of Health.
One case was admitted during the year.
Whooping-cough being much more' serious and fatal in
children under five it is important to protect them from
infection as long as possible. For this purpose when thia
disease is prevalent in a district it is desirable to exclude
from school all children under the age of compulsory attendance.
Last year on my advice children under five were
excluded from seven County Council schools, for the prevention
of whooping-cough, for periods not exceeding one
month.
Instructions printed on cards are left at houses where
cases are notified by school teachers. The instructions were
printed in the Annual Report for 1910.