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Schools.
The schools in your District have been regularly visited and
sanitary defects observed were duly remedied by the School
Managers.
There were a considerable number of children excluded from
school either themseives suffering from infectious diseases or were
"contacts" in the first quarter of the year, for the most part
measles, but there were also cases of mumps and whooping cough.
In January 35 cases of measles, February 85 cases and in March
14.2 cases. In all, 262 cases of measles were notified.
It appeared desirable to close the schools, consequently
Potters Road school was closed from 29th February to March,
Margaret road, Victoria Road and East Barnet Schools were '
closed from 27th February to the 22nd March. Trent Park girls
and infants schools were closed from the 7th to the 24th May.
There were only 12 cases notified in April. In the first
quarter of the year 262 notification certificates were recorded, and
in the last quarter only 26.
Further details will be found in Table 1.
Infectious Disease.
During the year, 419 notification certificates of infectious
diseases were received, mostly cases of measles. In the first
quarter of the year, 309 notification certificates were received,
viz January 48, February 103, March 158. This number was
so alarming that it was deemed desirable to close the Day Schools
and recommend the closure of Sunday Schools. Accordingly,
Potters Road Schools, Margaret Road, Victoria Road Schools
and Brunswick Park Infants' Schools were closed from about
the 27th February to the 22nd March.