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Annual Report for 1898.
In the following three instances in which three or more cases
occurred in one class-room, the prompt closure of the affected
class-room, together with the exclusion of the children living in
the same house as the children attending that class-room was
attended with successful results.
Between May 23rd and May 26th there were four cases among
children attending class-room " E " in the Infants' Department
of St. Dunstan's School and the room was in consequence closed
on May 27th until June 13th, and on May 30th, two cases having
occurred in class-room " F " in the same Department, that room
was also closed until the same day. There were subsequently
five other cases among children who had been attending the
affected class-rooms, but none among the children in the rest of
the school.
Between June 18th and 20th three cases of Diphtheria were
reported in class-room " D," in the Infants' Department of
William Street Board School, and on bacteriological examination
it was also ascertained that another child must have been attending
that class while suffering from a mild attack of the disease.
The room was at once closed at the request of the Vestry, for a
fortnight, and though two other children belonging to the same
class were subsequently affected, there were no other cases in
the rest of the school.
On October 10th and 11th, four children attending class-room
" E " of the Infants' Department of Ackmar Road Board School
were notified as suffering from Diphtheria, and the room was
closed until October 26th. Four other children who had been
attending the class were subsequently notified, but with the
exception of four secondary cases occurring in the families of the
affected children in class-room "E," there were no other cases
in the school until October 30th.
It was subsequently ascertained that a child had been attending
class-room " E " between October 1st and October 10th, who,
from the results of a bacteriological examination had undoubtedly
been suffering at the time from a mild attack of Diphtheria,