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Roughly speaking, the outbreak spread from west to east, and
the number that occurred to the north of the Uxbridge Road was
small. The attendance at St. Mary's and.the Priory Schools was not
appreciably affected, but cases occurred in Beaumont Park School
towards the beginning of February. The earliest cases at the latter
school were reported on February 8th, and between that date and
April 3rd, 150 cases occurred amongst children attending this school.
The school was closed from March 12th to March 23rd. Only
6 cases were reported amongst children attending the Priory School,
and all these lived to the south of the High Street.
Towards the end of March the outbreak gradually subsided,
though 2 deaths occurred in April, 3 in May, and 3 in June, as compared
with 11 deaths in February and 8 m March.
The street distribution of the deaths was as follows:—
Stirling Road 4 deaths.
Colville Road 3 „
Park Road North 3 „
Holland Terrace 3 ,,
Cunnington Street 2 „
Fletcher Road 2 „
Bollo Bridge Road 2 „
Antrobus Road 1 death.
Bolton Road 1 „
Bridgman Road 1 „
Somerset Road 1 „
Speldhurst Road 1 „
Gloucester Road 1 „
Bollo Lane 1 „
Clovelly Road 1 „
The 27 deaths occurred in 25 households, one death each in 23
houses and 2 deaths in each of two houses.
Of the 27 children amongst whom Measles proved fatal, 2 only
attended school when they contracted the disease, but this proportion
does not truly represent the influence of school attendance on the
spread of the outbreak. In the case of sixteen of the children, there