A code of rules for the prevention of infectious & contagious diseases in schools : being a series of resolutions passed by the Medical Officers of Schools Association, January 7th, 1885.

  • Medical Officers of Schools Association
Date:
1885
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Credit: A code of rules for the prevention of infectious & contagious diseases in schools : being a series of resolutions passed by the Medical Officers of Schools Association, January 7th, 1885. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    HEALTH CERTIFICATE. Form No. II. \To be presented by the pupil on returning to the school after the holidays.^ This Certificate must be filled in and signed by the Parent or Guardian, not earlier than the day before that on which the pupil returns to school. Any suppression or wilful mis-statement of important facts will be regarded as a violation of the terms on -which the pupil remains at the school, and will render the pupil liable to immediate dismissal. I hereby certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, has not, for at least three weeks \or,* during the holidays now ending], been exposed to any infectious disease (such as Scarlet Fever, Measles, German Measles, Small-pox, Chicken-pox, Mumps, Whooping-cough, or Diphtheria), or en- tered any house where such disease has existed. Date Parent {or Guardian). N.B.—If the pupil be exposed to any infection during the vacation, immediate notice of the facts are to be sent to the School Authorities; and the pupil is on no account to return to school without permission having first been obtained from them. * If the holidays have been of less than three weeks’ duration.