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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 69
October that the cause of the first series of cases was discovered.
On that date in consequence of inquiries as to school absentees I
received information that three children in one family were suffering
from sore throat, and I ascertained that one of them had been
ill since the 2nd, and that he had been at school in the Infants
Department on that date. His sister, however, was allowed to
attend school till the 13th, and she had suffered from sore throat
since the 6th October.
Another unrecognised case was the cause of a second series of
cases, the girl having been taken ill on the 13th October, and
although she was not at school from the 13th to the 20th she
returned on the latter date and was at school while she was still
in an infective condition till the 27th.
A third unrecognised case was notified on the 6th November,
having been taken ill on the 12th October, but this case only
infected other three children in the same house, as it did not go to
school after the first symptoms appeared.
Of the 34 cases four occurred in one household, three cases in
three households, and two cases in one household.
The following Table shows the number of cases, the age, the
last date patient was at school, the standard, and the date of the
first symptoms.