✨ Health Regulations
Mar. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 607
FOURTH SCHEDULE.
| Disease. | Period of Exclusion from School of Children suffering from Infectious Disease. (Patients.) | Period of Exclusion from School of Children exposed to Infection. (Contacts.) |
|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria .. .. | For at least three weeks from the date of onset of the disease and until a certificate is furnished by the medical attendant that the period of isolation prescribed by regulation has been completed | 1. If patient treated at home, until disinfection of house has been carried out. 2. If patient removed to hospital, until seven days after disinfection of house subsequent to removal. 3. In either case, until a certificate has been received from an Inspector that the house, &c., has been disinfected. |
| Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina) .. | For at least six weeks from the date of onset of the disease and until a certificate is furnished by the medical attendant that the period of isolation prescribed by regulation has been completed | Not to be excluded unless the Medical Officer of Health directs. |
| Enteric Fever (Typhoid Fever, Paratyphoid Fever) | For at least six weeks from the date of onset of the disease and until a certificate is furnished by the medical attendant that the period of isolation prescribed by regulation has been completed | 1. If patient treated at home, until disinfection of house has been carried out. 2. If patient removed to hospital, until ten days after disinfection of house subsequent to removal. 3. In either case, until a certificate has been received from an Inspector that the house, &c., has been disinfected. |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever (Cerebro-spinal Meningitis) | For at least four weeks from the date of onset of the disease and until a certificate is furnished by the medical attendant that the period of isolation prescribed by regulation has been completed | 1. If patient treated at home, until disinfection of house has been carried out. 2. If patient removed to hospital, until fourteen days after disinfection of house subsequent to removal. 3. In either case, until a certificate has been received from an Inspector that the house, &c., has been disinfected. |
| Poliomyelitis (Acute Poliomyelitis, Infantile Paralysis) | For at least six weeks from the date of onset of the disease | Not to be excluded. |
| Encephalitis Lethargica .. | For at least six weeks from the date of onset of the disease | 1. If patient treated at home, until disinfection of house has been carried out. 2. If patient removed to hospital, until eighteen days after disinfection of house subsequent to removal. 3. In either case, until a certificate has been received from an Inspector that the house, &c., has been disinfected. |
| Consumption (Phthisis, Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | To be excluded only if disease is accompanied by coughing or spitting, or if tubercle bacilli be found in sputum, faucial, or nasal discharges | 1. If the child has had the disease, not to be excluded except in so far as is provided hereunder in paragraph 3. 2. If the child has not had the disease, until sixteen days from occurrence of last case. 3. If the disease is not epidemic when the first cases occur in a school, all children from the infected home to be excluded from school until sixteen days from occurrence of last case. |
| Smallpox (Variola, including Varioloid, Alastrim) | Until every scab has fallen off and all skin lesions have healed | 1. If the child has had the disease not to be excluded except in so far as is provided hereunder in paragraph 3. 2. If the child has not had the disease, until twenty-one days from occurrence of last case. 3. If the disease is not epidemic when the first cases occur in a school all children from the infected home to be excluded from school until twenty-one days from occurrence of last case. |
| Measles (Morbilli) .. .. | For at least two weeks from the date of the appearance of the rash and until convalescence is satisfactorily established | 1. If patient treated at home, until period of isolation of patient has expired. 2. If patient removed to hospital, until four days from date of removal. |
| German Measles (Rubella) .. | For at least two weeks from the date of the appearance of the rash and until convalescence is satisfactorily established | 1. If the child has had the disease, not to be excluded. 2. If the child has not had the disease, until twenty-one days from occurrence of last case. |
| Whooping-cough .. .. | Until the characteristic spasmodic cough and the whooping have ceased for at least two weeks; or, in cases of persistent whooping, for not less than six weeks from the commencement of the spasmodic cough | Not to be excluded unless the Medical Officer of Health directs. |
| Influenza (including Fulminant, Pneumonic, and Septicaemic Influenza) | Until the temperature has been normal for at least four days and catarrhal symptoms have disappeared | |
| Mumps (Epidemic Parotitis).. | For at least two weeks from the commencement, provided that one clear week has elapsed since the complete subsidence of the swelling | |
| Chicken-pox (Varicella) .. | For at least two weeks and until every scab is off scalp and body | |
| Ringworm, Trachoma, Scabies (Itch), Impetigo Contagiosa | Until a certificate is furnished by a medical practitioner that child is cured. Wherever certificates are not readily procurable teachers to use their discretion |
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
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- F. D. Thomson, Clerk of the Executive Council