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Case No. 3.—This was a boy, aged 7 years, and was a brother
of Case No. 2. He had not been vaccinated in infancy. The case
was notified on the 6th December. The patient, who attended
Goodmayes Junior School, was removed to Orsett Hospital the
same day, and the house disinfected.
All the children made a good recovery, and I am pleased to
record that owing to the measures adopted, no further cases
occurred.
For the quarter ending March, 1929, 418 cases of influenza
among schoolchildren were notified to me by the Head Teachers,
School Attendance Officers, etc.
The year was a comparatively light one as regards the socalled
minor infectious diseases, i.e., Measles, Chicken Pox, etc.
A considerable incidence of Measles may be expected during the
coming year.
With reference to the conveniences in the schools, there are
still trough closets at Loxford, Downshall, Newbury Park Boys' and
Girls', Highlands and the Roman Catholic School. The oldest type
of trough closets are at the Barkingside School, which is a Voluntary
School.
The Committee in July considered my recommendations on this
matter, and decided that 9 trough closets in the Downshall Girls'
School should be replaced by separate pedestal pans with flushing
cisterns, and that the trough closets remaining in the various schools
be replaced as -and when necessary by the same type. The recommendation
with regard to Downshall Girls' School has been carried
out, and at Loxford Junior Boys' 2 trough closets have been replaced
by pedestal pans. At Highlands Girls' School 2 trough closets have
also been replaced by pedestals.
With regard to drinking fountains, bubble-fountains are in use
at Becontree, Valentines Senior, Gearies, Fairlop and the Open-Air
School. The Committee proposes to experiment with a new type of
bubble-fountain at two other schools.
The question of the urinals at the schools requires attention;
many of these are of the slate-back type, and these should all be
replaced with glazed stoneware urinals with stalls.