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A weekly Infectious Disease Clinic is held on Tuesdays at
2 p.m. at Lloyd Park, at which all home contacts of cases of
Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever are seen, as well as all school children
after discharge from the Isolation Hospital or from Home Nursing.
Exclusion from school is rigidly enforced until all fear from
infection has disappeared.
A total of 713 swabs were taken at the School Clinic.
The incidence of the various Infectious Diseases amongst school
children during the year is reviewed below:—
(a) Smallpox.—Of the 24 cases notified in the age group
5-15 years, 22 were of school age, 11 were notified by Private
Practitioners, and 11 by the School Medical Officer. Every
case was unvaccinated.
Three schools required the detailed supervision outlined in last
year's Report for dealing with this disease:—
(1) Winn's Avenue Girls' School.—The first case discovered had
attended school between 12th and 16th January while in an
infectious condition and gave rise to six secondary cases, the last
four of which appeared to have an incubation period of 16 days as
compared with the usual one of 12 days. All the secondary cases
were closely watched and, except one, were discovered and removed
to Hospital either on the day of rash or the following day; whilst
one patient was sent in during the prodromal illness and before
the appearance of the rash.