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The measures adopted to control the spreading of Phthisis are given
elsewhere.
Outfits for early Diphtheria and Typhoid diagnoses are kept at the
Public Health Offices, and anti-diphtheritic serum for gratuitous injection
is supplied to all practitioners requiring it. A supply of the latter
is kept at the Fire Station, so that no delay may be caused in its use in
cases of emergency occurring in the night time.
One hundred and thirty-three bottles of serum were supplied to
practitioners during the year, and of these 13 were paid for.
When school attendance was suspected as the cause of disease, the
class rooms were visited, and scholars with suspicious symptoms
excluded.
Special precautions at the begining of each school term were advised
to be taken by all teachers, and children with a history of Sore Throat
during the holidays or any suspicion of peeling were excluded until
visited and certified for by me as fit to attend school.
Sunday and other Schools are dealt with in the same way as Elementary
Schools, and children from infected homes are excluded by those
in charge.