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The sanitary accommodation in each school is ample,
and defects which have been found in the sanitary fittings
have been promptly remedied.
The medical inspection of the scholars in attendance
at these schools is conducted by officers specially appointed
by the County Education Committee, the County Medical
Officer of Health being the chief School Medical Officer.
In order to prevent the spread of infectious disease
among the scholars, a system of notification is in force,
whereby the Head Teacher of any school at which an
infected child is a scholar, is at once informed of the
illness, and notices are also served where there are contacts
attending school, excluding the particular scholars for a
period which covers the incubation period of the disease.
The School Medical Officer is also informed of
notifications received respecting scholars, and of the
contacts who are attending school, with particulars of the
school attended and the length of time for which each
contact is excluded.
The Head Teachers also kindly co-operate by informing
me of any abnormal absence through illness, especially
from such diseases as Measles, Whooping Cough, ChickenPox,
and Mumps.
Under the system I received information of 12 cases
of Chicken-pox and 52 cases of Measles during the year.
I have dealt with the outbreak of Measles in the earlier
part of this report.
Dwelling Houses.
In my opinion the accommodation provided is quite
sufficient for the present needs of the district, and overcrowding
is quite a neglible quantity.