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Of the 13 cases occurring in March 4 were in the Hanwell
South Ward and 4 in the Grosvenor Ward, the rest being in various
other parts of the district. Of the eight cases in the Hanwell South
and Grosvenor Wards, five were children attending Oaklands
Road Infants' School. There was apparently some common source
of infection in the School but the infective child was never discovered.
Eight of the nine cases which occurred in July were of children
residing in the Greenford Ward. Although the number was not
large, the outbreak was alarming because the first two children
attacked were so severely affected that they died.
In the table of cases which follows it will be seen that the
first case in the Greenford Ward was notified on the 22nd July
and the second on the 23rd July.
During the week commencing the 25th July very active
steps were taken and all the children who had attended the School
were visited to ascertain their condition and to take swabs in
suspected cases.