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and that she had better keep the child isolated until he could
tell her definitely. The medical man at the same time took a
swab from the throat and sent it up for bacteriological examination.
The next day as the child seemed better and did not want
to miss her attendance at school as she was endeavouring to
obtain a medal for attendance, the mother allowed her to go to
school. On the following day a positive bacteriological report
came to hand, and on the medical man calling again to see the
patient it was found that she was then in attendance at school.
Of course after this date, the child was isolated at home and
notified in the ordinary way by the medical attendant.
Unfortunately these one or two days attendance at school,
however, appeared to give rise to a numerous series of sore
throats, 49 such cases being notified to this Department by the
School Authority two of which were found to be actually of a
diphtheritic character. Amongst these 49 cases was one D. L.,
who continued to suffer from sore throat but always with a
negative bacteriological result until October 10th, when the
diphtheria organisms was definitely found to be present, and she
was accordingly notified and removed to the Hospital. There
were eight sore throat cases notified from the same C. P. School
during September, and 32 in October, five of which were
definitely found to have the diphtheria organisms present, and
after the elimination of these cases from school attendance by
their removal to Hospital or other treatment at home, the
number of sore throat cases intimated from the school fell to
four in November and three in December, only one of which
proved to be positively of a diphtheritic character.
M. W., 5, W. P. Road, was notified as suffering from
diphtheria on October 22nd. This patient had been under