Unknown Communicable diseases spread easily in the school environment. When children enter school, their associations with other children are greatly increased in number.
Contacts are closer and more prolonged.
Older children of a family often bring home from school germs which may infect their younger brothers and sisters. Parents should know that most of the common diseases of childhood usually begin with innocent-appearing symptoms, quite like those of the common cold. It is only after a few days that the more telltale symptoms appear, such as distinctive coughs, rashes or fevers. By the time these major symptoms appear, other members of the family may be infected and incubating the disease. If a disease appears in a family, the parents should notify the school nurse that their child has that specific disease.