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DIPHTHERIA.
The distribution qua time may be looked at in another way. The schools closed for the
summer vacation in the last week of July and re-openod for the autumn session at the end of
August (Monday, 26th). During the two terms preceding the summer vacation 10 cases wero
recorded, four of the patients being children attending schools in the Ward. During the vacation
five cases were reported from the following streets:—
Oliphant Street
Fourth Avenue case each. Kilburn Lane 2 cases.
Third Avenue
The first three cases reported during the vacation (on August 1st, 2nd, and 4th) were children
who had attended school up to the end of the term.
During the autumn session, i.e., up to December 23rd, 91 cases were reported, 67 of the
patients being school attenders, all but throe being at schools in the Ward. Prior to the third week of
September there were no secondary cases reported, i.e., each case was from a different household.
After September 22nd 16 secondary cases were reported, eight being persons not attending school at
all, one a scholar at school in Kensington, and seven scholars attending schools in the Ward.
Street Distribution.—This has been set out in the tabular statement on the next page. It will
be found that the earliest cases were reported from the North-Western and Western parts of the
Ward, and that the Eastern and South-Eastern parts were but slightly affected.
School Incidence.—Up to the commencement of the summer vacation, five cases occurred amongst
school attenders—two at Droop Street School, and one each at Beethoven Street, Wilberforce, and
Granville Road (R. C.) Schools. The last day of school term was 26th July. Three scholars were
attacked during the early days of the vacation, viz., two attenders at the Kilburn Lane School (on
August 1st and 4th respectively), and one at Beethoven School (on August 2nd.). The other two
cases reported during the vacation (onsets August 23rd and 26th) occurred in households sending
children to these two schools.
Between the re-opening of the schools and the end of August only one case was reported, a
child attending Droop Street School. The 22 cases reported in September included—
5 non-attenders and 17 attenders.
Of those attending school (all primary cases),
6 attended Beethoven Street School.
10 „ Kilburn Lane „
1 „ Droop Street „
Among the five non-attenders there was one secondary case (the primary being an attender at
the Kilburn Lane School). From the other four households the children attended—
Extra-Paddington Schools in 2 cases;
Kilburn Lane, and
Harrow Road (Moberlev) Schools 1case each
The 33 cases reported in October included—
6 non-attenders and 27 attenders.
Of those attending school (excluding two secondary cases)—
6 attended Kilburn Lane School.
8 ,, Droop Street ,,
10 ,, Beethoven Street ,,
1 ,, Harrow Boad (Moberley) School.
The two secondary cases attended St. Andrews, North Kensington and Kilburn Lane Schools
(one each).
The six non-attenders included three secondary cases (two connected with Beethoven Street
and one with Kilburn Lane School). In the other three cases, one was in a household sending
children to the Kilburn Lane School, while there were no school attenders from the other two.
The 17 cases reported in November included—
8 non-attenders and 9 attenders.
The attenders were distributed—
3 to Droop Street School.
2 „ Beethoven Street „
4 „ Kilburn Lane „