The health of the school child / by W. Leslie Mackenzie.

  • Leslie Mackenzie
Date:
1906
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    The occurrence of German measles and whooping- cough is to be reported by the teacher and attended to by the School Doctor in the manner given above only when several cases of these illnesses occur in rapid succession or simultaneously. The occurrence of cerebro-spinal meningitis is to be reported by the teacher in every individual case. Children that have passed through one of the diseases named in the last three paragraphs may be again admitted to school only when it is certified by medical certificate that the resumption of school work can be undertaken without danger to other children (Ministerial Orders of 15 th February 1844, 16th January 1867, and 8th June 1875). According to the local regulation of 22nd March 1903, the certificate in the case of scarlet fever must state that desquamation over the whole body is complete, and in the case of whooping-cough that the convulsive cough has ceased. When no other medical certificate can be produced, the certificate is to be given by the School Doctor. 12. Wholesale examinations of school children for the purpose of settling scientific questions can be undertaken by the School Doctors only when the Magistracy, by agreement with the Imperial District Medical Officer and the Local School Commission, have given permission. 13. The School Doctors have no authority to give independent instructions. At the same time, it is their duty, on discovering any defect in the health conditions and arrangements of schoolrooms, to direct the attention of the Inspectors, the senior