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29
1920
The following were the Infants Departments closed, together
with the date's:—
Southfield Road From March 3rd to April 12th
Montessori Class only ,, April 13th „ May 3rd
Acton „ March 24th„ April 12th
Priory ,, May 3rd „ May 31st
Acton Wells ,, May 10th ,, May31st
Beaumont Park ,, May 10th „ May 31st
East Acton „ May 10th „ May 31st
The closure of the schools probably had very little effect
upon the course of the epidemic, and certainly none upon the
number of cases which occurred in the district. It will be noticed
that the closure of all the departments occurred around the Easter
and Whitsun vacations. In every instance it was simply an extension
ot the ordinary school holidays, and very little dislocation
of the school work thereby resulted. The average attendance had
fallen so low that it was felt that some advantage accrued from
closure. It is probable that the school closure would not have
been resorted to if such procedure had been adpoted in the middle
of the school term, and especially if that term happened to be the
summer one.