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The next case arose on 11/9/24 another boy aged 8, but in this
instance the boy was in the receiving block and only been admitted
to the Institution eight days previously from the Kensington Union.
As the result, of swabbing the contacts a positive result was obtained
in the case of a boy who had been in the School for five months.
The next case occurred in the Nursery on 17/10/24 a boy aged
5. He had been recently adinitte1 on 2 )/8/24. This was a nasal
case, the first obvious signs being a nasal discharge. The boy was
first out of sorts on 13/10/24. In this instance there were 50
contacts in the Nursery.
The next case arose on 19/10/24 a hoy aged 5 in the same
Dormitory.
The next was a boy aged 14, in the same dormitory as the last.
The next was a boy aged 11 from the same Dormitory.
After three weeks freedom, a case broke out in another
Dormitory, aged 13, who had only been in the Institution 5 months.
Two cases occuried on 17/11/24, one aged 8 in the Junior
Dormitory who had only been in the School two months, and
another aged 3 in the Nursery.
None of the last three had any connection with one another.
On 18/11/24 another case aged 8, was admitted from the same
Dormitory as the last case but one, he had only been in the School
two months.
The next case which occurred on 24/11/21 was a boy aged 4,
who had been admitted from Grimsby on 23/11/24, four days
previously, and retained in the Receiving Room and who had had no
connection with any of the school children.
The next case which occurred on 25/1 1/24 was a boy aged 11,
having had no connection with previous cases.
Despite extensive swabbing, we bad not made any discovery of
the source of the trouble. In view of the serious situation, I
advised the Governors that 1 thought the whole school should be
Schick tested and the non-immunes immunised. A conference with
the Representatives of the Managers of the School was held at the