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3. Special Investigations.
Routine tuberculin patch testing takes place at school clinics
and whenever a case of tuberculosis is notified in a teacher or
child, the fullest investigation is undertaken. During 1952 only
one case of tuberculosis became known amongst school staff. This
was a cook at one of the school kitchens who had long been under
observation and treatment at a teaching hospital where she was
ultimately found to be sputum positive. At the end of the year
arrangements were in hand to examine all her colleagues, who
agreed, without exception to undergo chest X-ray examination.
(t) Artificial Light Treatment.—The total attendances for
treatment were 2,215.
8. INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Notification in the 5-15 years age group during 1952 was as
follows, the figures for 1951 being shown in parenthesis: Scarlet
Fever, 327 (85); Diphtheria, Nil (Nil); Pneumonia, 15 (12);
Erysipelas, Nil (Nil); Meningococcal Infection, 1 (Nil); Measles,
868 (1,085); Whooping Cough, 81 (262); Dysentery, 2 (34);
Poliomyelitis, 3 (4).
Non-notifiable diseases are usually brought to light by the
weekly returns made by Head Teachers under the local Regulations
as to Infectious Diseases in Schools.

Epidemic Nausea and Vomiting.—Reference was made in the 1951
Report to this condition under the heading of "Gastric Influenza".
In January 1953 attention was drawn to vomiting which had
affected teachers and staff during the autumn term at one of the
High Schools for Girls. Three members of the staff and 19 pupils
were involved. The conditions resembled that noted in the 1951
Report and continued after the re-opening of the school in 1953.
Up to the end of January 6 more staff and 20 additional pupils had
suffered from vomiting. The 1953 cases were accompanied by a
few cases of catarrhal jaundice.