A code of rules for the prevention of infectious & contagious diseases in schools / the Medical Officers of Schools Association.

  • Medical Officers of Schools Association.
Date:
1899
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Credit: A code of rules for the prevention of infectious & contagious diseases in schools / the Medical Officers of Schools Association. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    HEALTH CERTHHCATE. (Form No. H) [7b 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 th '. pupil returns to school. Any suppression or zvilful 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 removal. 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 Chicken-pox, Diphtheria, German Measles, Epidemic Roseola, Measles, Mumps, Ringworm, Scarlet Fever, Small-pox, or Whooping-cough), or entered any house where such disease existed. Date Parent [or Guardian). N.B.—If the pupil be exposed to any infection during the vacation, immediate notice of the facts is 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, within three weeks of the pupil returning to schcol^ infectious illness bieaks out in his home, immediate notice of the facts must be forwarded to the School Authorities. * If the holidays have been of less than three wet!;s' duration.