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"No cases of ringworm of the scalp occurred"
"during the year and only one of ringworm of the face."
"All the schools were visited for ordinary inspec-"
"tion in each term."
"In addition to these, many other visits are"
"made in order (1) to "follow up" those children"
"whose parents have been recommended to consult"
"their doctors for one or other condition found in the"
"children at the time of inspection; (2) to examine''
"special children.”
"In connection with the occurrence of infectious''
"disease amongst scholars, a system of intercom-"
"muni ration between the Public Health Department"
"and the District Council and the Medical Officer of "
"the Education Department has been established on"
"the lines suggested in the Memorandum of the"
"Board of Education and Local Government Board
"relating to "Closure of and Exclusion from School,"
"and by this means the two authorities have been of"
"mutual and useful assistance to each other. The"
"Education Authority has also provided for the"
"prompt notification to the Medical Officer of Health''
"of the district on special forms of cases of non-noti-''
"fiable complaints, e.g., Measles, Whooping Cough,''
"etc. This information is of much value in connec-”
"tion with the work of the Health Visitors, as they"
"can visit the houses and impress on the parents the"
"precautions they should take to prevent spread and"
"the advisability of having medical advice for their "
"affected children."
HARROW COTTAGE HOSPITAL.
This Institution is a great credit to the town.
Being of the most modern type it affords the medical
men of the neighbourhood the greatest facilities for
obtaining the best results.
It deserves the generous financial support of all
who are interested in the health of Harrow and surrounding
districts.
There are 20 beds and 2 cots, all used alike for
medical and surgical cases.