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GERMAN MEASLES.
From the table on the opposite page it will be seen that
there have only been 12 cases of this disease reported for the
year from the schools. The system adopted with all these
infectious diseases is for the Teacher or Attendance Officer
to report any cases coming to their knowledge to the School
Medical Officer, and, as the Attendance Officer visits the
Public Health Office every morning, fairly complete information
is obtained. The only difficulty experienced is that,
owing to the exigencies of the attendance system, the cases
are not always reported so promptly as to obtain the best
results from a preventive point of view. During the year the
Health Visitor has given very valuable assistance in following
up and investigating some of these so-colled minor infectious
diseases, and so assisting in obtaining more effective preventive
measures.