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valent amongst the infants attending the school from various
houses in the neighbourhood. The first cases notified were as
follows:—
Case 1.—May 28th, G.W., aged 7 years. Of Craythorne Street
„ 2.— „ 30th, A. F. „ 5 „ Of Thurston Road
,, 3. June 1st, B. 3. ,, 4 ,, ,, ,, ,,
„ 4.— „ 6th, W. D. „ 5 „ Of Branscombe Street
Further cases occurred, and the schools were closed for a
period of three weeks, and the drainage reconstructed. After
the closing of the schools, further cases ceased at the Orphanage
and amongst the children attending the schools.
Lewisham Bridge Schools.—An outbreak of Diphtheria
among the children attending the above School occurred on the
1st July:—
Case 1.—July 1st R. G., aged 6 years.
„ 2.— „ 4th W. C. „ 5 „
„ 3.— „ 17th A. J. „ 8 „
„ 4.— „ 20th M. B. „ 6 „
„ 5.— „ 23rd A. R. „ 4 „
„ 6.— „ 23rd E. R. „ 6 „
„ 7.— „ 24th D. B. „ 7 „
At this time the School was closed for the summer
holidays, and on the re-opening fresh cases occurred as follows :—
Case 8.—September 3rd ... G. G., aged 5 years.
9.— „ 13th L. S. „ 6 „
„ 10.— ,, 14th J. U. ,, 5 „
„ 11.— „ 21st ... E. T. „ 5 „
I considered this recrudescence of great importance, and
came to the conclusion that there was a possibility of the School
acting as the infective agent. I was desirous of adopting
measures to prevent the possibility of the occurrence of an outbreak
similar to that which occurred at the same Schools in
1896, when a large number of cases occurred, and when there