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factory, as on several occasions many children fell ill with
Measles during the closure, so that the infection of the second
crop of cases was not disseminated in the School.
Up to midsummer, short closures of classes were advised
in the various Schools of the Borough on 33 occasions. In
those instances, in which Saturday and Sunday came in at
the beginning or end of the closure, actual school closure was
shortened by two days.
EPIDEMIC DIARRHGEA.
In the month of May the Health Committee considered the
steps advised by the M.O.H., with a view of minimising a possible
epidemic of Infantile Diarrhoea in the autumn, and the
following precautionary measures were adopted.
Collection of House Refuse. Orders were given for a collection
of house refuse twice a week for a limited period of 8
weeks, from July 20th to September 20th, in those parts of
the Borough occupied by the poorer classes.
The streets numbered 89, and comprised nearly 4,000
houses, and the estimated extra cost of this measure was £110.
Early in July, the special leaflets, which had been issued
in former years, were revised, reprinted, and circulated.
In August and September, the attention of the Sanitary Inspectors
was specially directed to stable premises and cottages
in the more congested areas. A rapid house to house inspection
was made of some 300 cottages in various localities, and warning
was given that, in view of the hot and dry weather which
prevailed, dangerous diarrhoea amongst children might be expected.
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