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Schools.
There are four public elementary schools and one
secondary school in the district, and these premises are kept
under constant observation.
Some minor defects discovered during inspection were
promptly remedied.
The medical inspection of the children attending the
public elementary schools is conducted by officers appointed
by the County Education Committee; the County Medical
Officer of Health being the Chief School Medical Officer.
With a view to preventing the spread of infectious
disease among the scholars attending these schools, a system
of notification is in use; under which the head teacher is
informed of the occurence of any case among the children,
and a notice excluding all contacts of school age is also sent
to the head teacher of the school attended by these contacts.
The County Medical Officer is also notified at the same
time.
A further notice is also sent to the teacher on the
discharge of a scholar from the Isolation Hospital.
The head teachers also notify me of any cases of nonnotifiable
infectious disease which occur in their respective
schools ; and the following notifications were received during
the year:—
Measles, 3; German measles, 2; mumps, 1; chickenpox,
23; whooping cough, 37; ringworm, 4; a total of
70 cases.
Dwelling Houses.
The dwellings erected by the Council a few years ago
under the provisions of the Housing of the Working Classes