children under 2 |
| years of age. During an outbreak all children |
| having a temperature over 99 F. should |
| be sent home and the health officer notified. |
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MEASLES | After effects slight. Regulations strict, |
(LIBERTY) | because frequently confused with scarlet fever. |
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MUMPS | Seldom leaves after effects. Very infectious. |
| Inflammation of genital organs of male or |
| female may occur. |
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POLIOMYELITIS| Disease is most communicable in the early |
| stages. After effect is paralysis of certain |
| muscle groups, transitory or permanent. |
| Death is due usually to paralysis of |
| respiratory muscles. |
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SCARLET | Dangerous both during attack and from after |
FEVER | effects. Great variation in type of disease. |
| Slight attacks are as infectious as severe |
| ones. Many mild cases not diagnosed and |
| many concealed. A second attack is rare. |
| When scarlet fever occurs in a school, all |
| cases of sore throat should be sent home and |
| health officer notified. Most fatal in |
| children under ten years. |
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SMALLPOX | Peculiarly infectious. When smallpox occurs |
| in connection with a school or with any of |
| the children's homes all persons exposed |
| must be vaccinated or quarantined for a |
| period of 20 days. Cases of modified smallpox |
| in vaccinated persons, may be, and often |
| are, so slight as to escape detection. Fact |
| of existence of disease may be concealed. |
| Mild or modified smallpox is as infectiou