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inquiries being made it was found that the homes of the children were
still considerably infected, and, therefore, the Sanitary Authority desired
that they should not be re-opened for a further period of seven days.
" In the case of Pooles' Park and Hornsey Road Board Schools the
period for which they were intended to be closed was really three weeks,
but inasmuch as the Christinas Holidays would commence on December
18th, the School Authorities very wisely refrained from re opening them
until the vacation had ceased on January 10th.
"As regards the mortality from the disease, I have already stated
that there were 365 deaths,* which represent an annual death-rate of
1.41 per 1,000 of the population, a figure which may not look very high
to those who do not recollect that the disease attacked very few persons
who were over five years of age ; indeed, there were only 20 over this
age who died.
"The sub-districts return show that the deaths in each quarter
since the epidemic began were as follows:-

As this table does not show the incidence with regard to population,
I have arranged the following table which gives the number of deaths
per 100,000 of the population in each district. I have done this in
order to avoid the use of decimals, which would be necessary in taking
smaller proportions.
* In July, 6 additional deaths occurred.