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were wni scaret ever to reman asent rom 

 hi* s even when working among the 



a under my care. The money loas to a 

 community arising from an epidemic of sea: 

 often of the most serious order. A rec 

 outbreak in a country ditn< t, 1 have been crcdi 



ed, has caused a resultant loss in wages of 



50 a week, and the Glasgow ej has pro- 



^spread loss of work and much conse- 



mg. 



Then again, the healthy children in a far 

 attacked by scarlet fever are prohibited from 

 ng school. In many schools the child has 

 to take back with it a note from its parents 



ng that it has not been in contact \v 

 an intVrtious case during the holidays. From 

 lous schools I have seen such notes as the 

 ug in regard to sea oases: " I am 



to have to send all the boys back, but 

 must obey regulations." I have not enforced any 

 absence from school on the part of those who 1 

 in the same home owing to scarlet fever for more 

 .n twenty-five years, and during all that time I 

 have been dealing with child cases. I hold that 

 no such loss of school attendance is necessary. At 

 most, in or cases, the child affected need not 



leave school for more than ten days if it be properly 

 ted for scar r at hoi 



-1 this incthfxl of treatment 



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