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INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Cases of infectious diseases arc occasionally met with at
routine inspections or at one of the school clinics. Systematic swabbing
of sore throats and suspicious nasal discharges brings to light
unsuspected diphtheria.
All infectious cases and contacts are excluded from school
till they are deemed free from infection on the general lines laid
dcwn in the Joint Memorandum issued by the Ministry of Health
and the Board of Education, 1925.
During the year 1926, the following cases of infectious disease
occurred among children attending public elementary schools in
this district: —
Scarlet Fever 27
Diphtheria 31
Measles 497
Rubella 75
Mumps 246
Chicken Pox 408
Whooping Cough 131
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The non-notifiable diseases, Measles, Rubella, Mumps,
Chicken Pox and Whooping Cough, are visited by the School
Nurses, and in doubtful cases by one of the Medical Officers when
there is no doctor in attendance.
Similar action is taken in respect of children kept at home
011 account of a " rash."