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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
All the cases in whom clinical symptoms developed were of
a mild type, no deaths having occurred.
The premises were thoroughly inspected by myself and the
Sanitary Inspector on several occasions, and nothing was discovered
that would account for the outbreak except personal
contact.
The milk supply was inquired into, and it was reported that
all milk supplied was sterilised.
The usual disinfection was carried out by the staff. No
fresh notifications have been received since the 9th February,
but several of the bacteriological cases have been under observation
up to the 1st March."
In January and February some difficulty was experienced in
having cases promptly removed to hospital, but during the rest
of the year, cases were removed at once.
With regard to schools the highest number of cases occurred
among children attending Mitcham Lane School, the next Earlsfield
School, and the third Eardley Road School.
The following schools were visited by the Medical Officers of
the London County Council, and swabs taken from the throats of
some of the pupils examined. In Clapham, Stonhouse Street,
St. Andrew's Street, Haselrigge Road, Cavendish Road, Clapham
Parochial, and New Road Schools; in Putney, Hotham
Road School; in Streatham, Sunnyhill Road, Oldridge Road,
Mitcham Lane, Eardley Road, Hearnville Road, Hillbrook Road,
Fircroft Roqad, and Broadwater Road Schools; in Tooting, the
Ensham and Toot'ng Graveney Schools; and in Wandsworth,
Garratt Lane, Swaffield Road, the Earlsfield, Brandlehow Road,
and the RiversdaJe Schools.
As a result of this swabbing 79 cases were found to be positive
and 42 suspicious.