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CHICKEN POX.
Chicken Pox.—The infectious disease of most prevalence
has been Chicken Pox, and this affected the attendance
at Loxford Infants, and thence spread to the High Road
Infants, Cleveland Road, and Christchurch Road Schools.
Chicken Pox is such a mild disease and is so seldom followed
by any serious result, that it might seem questionable whether
it might not be left alone and allowed to run its course without
supervision, especially as there are numerous cases where
there are only a few spots, and the child's general health
does not appear to suffer at all. There are three objections
to this course, viz.:—
(1) It is not fair to the parents of other children not to
do the best possible to protect their children from any
infection.
(2) The more it spreads—and the less it is supervised
the more it spreads—the more disastrously it affects the
attendance register.
(3) If there was auy Small Pox in the district, the
gaining kuowledge and location of cases of Chicken Pox
would be of material assistance in discovering mild cases of
Small Pox, and would save the Sanitary Authority the
expense of making Chicken Pox a notifiable disease under
the Act as was done during the last Small Pox epidemic.
RINGWORM.
Ringworm.—This is a constant source of trouble in the
schools, though I am glad to say that there has not been
any great prevalence. In 11 instances, where it was doubtful
whether it was fit for a child to return to school after