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families. The importance of personal hygiene in the home is
being continually stressed. The dangers attaching to the holding
of or attendance at parties are also being emphasized.
Surrounding Local Authorities are being kept informed of
fresh developments as they occur, and have been told of the
measures instituted in Southgate. Their co-operation is being
requested.
The position will be studied from day to day, so that the
policy can be altered as and when desired. It is appreciated that
further exclusion, either of affected cases or even of the whole
Infants' School, may be required. At the moment, and bearing
in mind the congested district from which the vast majority of the
children come, this measure is not considered either necessary or
desirable.
It is hoped that the precautions set out above will prevent
the infection spreading in any degree to other schools, although,
as has already been stated, additional safety measures may be
required at any time.
So far as at present can be ascertained, the first child affected
exhibited symptoms on 3rd October, 1950. There is, however, no
direct evidence that this child was, in fact, suffering from Sonne
Dysentery, as the case has never been notified. Owing to the
lapse of time since the first case occurred, current enquiries have
not yet elicited the original source of infection.
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