| Description | Papers and correspondence relating to the temporary closure of schools in the Whiston rural district, with outbreaks of infectious diseases the principal reason.
Includes: letters from the district's Medical Officer of Health advising the closure of specific schools for outbreaks of chicken pox, whooping cough, influenza, diphtheria, measles and scarlet fever (1936 - 1944); correspondence with the Education Committee, Prescot and Litherland and heads of schools. Schools affected are: Halewood Church of England School; Hale School; all schools in Whiston and Rainhill; all schools in the Whiston Rural District; Kirkby C of E School; Rainhill C of E School; Hale Infants School; Whiston Council Infants School; Eccleston Council School. Also includes: letter from the Civil Defence office of the Regional Commissioner, Manchester, concerning school closure procedures in the event of an invasion (Feb 1942); addendum on exclusion to the Memorandum on Closure of and Exclusion from School, jointly issued by the Ministry of Health and the Board of Education (Nov 1942) and the 1925 edition of the full memorandum. |