The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-12-20
70 SHUT OUT DISEASE
OF a Contagious Character Is
the Aim Of the
RULES N REGULATIONS
Committee of the Board of Eduoa-
tIon..No Meeting Last Night for
Want of u Quorum-sev.
cal Interesting Matters,

The regular monthly meeting OF the
Board OF Education which was to have
been held last night did not maLerialize
for want Of a quorum, The commlttse
reports were all in the hands Of Clerk
Hall and it was decided by the members
present to have a meeting called for TO-
morrow night to act upon them, and
transact other business, among which
will be the granting Of the usual Christ
mas vacation Of two weeks,
Contained in the report from the Com.
mittee on Rules and Regulations was
the following important change in the
rules, which the committee reCom'
mends be adopted. This matter was
referred to the committee at the time
the First ward school Was closed on &C.
count Of diphtheria In that ward;
children suffering from dlphtheria
membranous Group, sCaraltina, measles,
whooping cough or mumps, or belong
ing to families In which such diseases
may exist, shall not be permitted TO at
tend any public school Of the district
until they shall have FULLY recovered
aud a certificate signed by the attending
physician setting forth that all proper
precautions against the spread Of the
disease have been taken, that the affect
ed children have recovered and there no
longer exists any danger from their ad'
mission, shall have been furnished the
Superintendent Of the schools, who shall
issue q permit for thereadmission Of the
children,
"SEc. 2, Upon the receipt OF infor.
nation from the Health Officer OF the
city or frsm any other reliable source,
OF the existence OF any Of the above
mentioned diseases In any family resid'
siding in the school district, the Super
intendent shall at once notify the Prin'
cipAl Of the school Of the sub'distrlCt In
which such disease is located, to the
end that all children belonging to o.
living with such family may be prompt
excluded from the school,"
"SRC. 8. No pupil who has not beer
vaccinated shall be permitted to attenC
any public school Of this district"
The committee offers this further
resolution: 49,.
HResOlVed, That the City Council bt
! requested to second this effort on the
part OF the Board to prevent the spread
OF infections or contagious diseases
among the children attending the pub
lie schools, by enaCtlng such Legislation
as will require all physicians praCtiCinl
their profession within the School Dis
, triCt TO report 10 the Health Officer o.
, the city and the said Health officer tc
the Superintendent Of Schools, the
name, street and number OF the resi-,
dence OF all children attended by theu
who may be suffering from d~iphtheria
memhranous Group, scarlatina, measles
whouping cough or numps."
The Committee on Buildings anG
l Grounds report was In relation to the
, accounts Of the Wheeling Mining ant
! Manufacturing Company and ArChiteCI
. L. W. Wells; the former for $l,040 ant
/, the latter for $500. These accounts art
/. on the new Island building.
. The bills reported by the Committee
} on Library amounted to SlS2 80; thost
by Accounts to $500 10.
The Librarian reported $l5 received
FROM zines during November, and tina
5,60l books had been used during thu
month.
! The Builders Exchange submitted {
letter asking that a committee be up
pointed to investigate the feasibility o
establishing an industrial department II
the public school.