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The second case exhibited the symptoms on March 14th
(Monday), and had not been in school since the previous Friday
(March 11th).
The third case exhibited the initial symptoms on April 9th
(Saturday), and the child was not in school after April 8th.
As Measles made its appearance in other class-rooms in
April, the history of the other cases in Room IV is not
important.
During the autumn, Measles again made its appearance.
The first case occurred in South Acton Infants' Department. A
child attending Class V sickened on October 12th, and was
excluded on October 13th. Class V in the Infants Department
was a particularly well-protected one, 40 of the children being
known to have previously had Measles and only 9 were stated
not to have had the disease.
The class was kept under observation, and no further
cases resulted in the school.
The second case was entirely independent of the above in
its origin. It occurred in the Northern part of the district,
and the child attended the mixed department of the Acton
Wells School. The onset of the disease was on October
28th, and the child was excluded from school on October 31st.
As the senior classes are ail well protected, it was not
anticipated that the disease would spread, and no secondary
cases occurred in the mixed department. A case did occur
though in the Infants Department, but fortunately it was
towards the end of the week. A child sickened of the
disease on November 12th (Saturday), and by November 14th
(Monday) the rash had appeared, and she was not at school
after November 11th.
The class was also a fairly well protected one; out of a
class of 58, 42 were stated definitely to have had Measles, 5
were uncertain, and 11 had not had the disease.