§ Mr. SNOWDENasked the President of the Local Government Board if, under the regulations issued by the chief medical officer of the Board, children may attend the public schools although they come from homes in which at the time other children are suffering from measles; and if he is aware that the school attendance officers, acting under instructions from the local medical officers of health, whose 127W action in this matter is governed by the Local Government Board regulations, insist upon a child attending school if it has once had measles, although its brothers and sisters may be suffering from the disease; and, in view of the loss of child life from measles, will he take steps to make the regulations for dealing with this disease more stringent?
§ Mr. BURNSNo regulations on this subject have been issued, but a Memorandum was prepared jointly by the medical officers of the Local Government Board and Board of Education, which contains rules for the guidance of the officials concerned. These rules are based on present medical knowledge, and I am advised that such knowledge would not justify a modification of the rules in the direction suggested in the question.