Tuberculosis in infancy and childhood : its pathology, prevention, and treatment . ectious the obligatory notification and disinfection resultingfrom this law are, according to the regulations, required, in mostGerman confederate states, only in cases of death resulting frompulmonary or laryngeal tuberculosis. It is to be regretted that theParliamentary bodies have not resolved to extend these regulations alsoto cases of sickness, certainly representing a direct danger to the sur-roundings. Every where this is recognized as being a decided short-coming, especially as, un
Tuberculosis in infancy and childhood : its pathology, prevention, and treatment . ectious the obligatory notification and disinfection resultingfrom this law are, according to the regulations, required, in mostGerman confederate states, only in cases of death resulting frompulmonary or laryngeal tuberculosis. It is to be regretted that theParliamentary bodies have not resolved to extend these regulations alsoto cases of sickness, certainly representing a direct danger to the sur-roundings. Every where this is recognized as being a decided short-coming, especially as, under the existing conditions, it is impossible tocarry out the so necessary obligatory disinfection of dwellings after theremoval of the sick. Prophylactic measures have, nevertheless, beenessentially facilitated by the law and its regulations, especially by theintroduction of the obligatory final disinfection. The training of officialdisinfectors in special training schools, and the decree of the aboveregulations, guarantee an effective disinfection. TUBERCULOSIS IN GERMANY 223. < J oo u o O Tuberculosis and School=Children. Although a large number of children afflicted with tuberculosis areat the age of school attendance, the school is only responsible, to asmall extent, for the spread of tuberculosis. Experience has shown 224 TUBERCULOSIS IN INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD that the number of teachers and pupils with an open tuberculosis isvery small indeed in Germany. But it is certain that every teacherand pupil liberating tubercle bacilli with the expectoration representsa great danger to the surroundings, and should, therefore, be excludedfrom all educational establishments. In this respect the decree by the Prussian Minister of Public Worship,Education, and Medical Affairs, of July 9, 1907, is of great law requires that all teachers and pupils suffering with pulmonary orlaryngeal tuberculosis are to be excluded from school attendance if, and
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