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One of them, a small sharp boy of eleven years of age, begged
hard to be allowed to attend school, "I does want to learn to
read, lidy," he said. The Committee, by sending him to an
Institution, have given him a chance to fulfil his heart's
desire, and, as he had to be almost entirely confined to the
two rooms of his home owing to the severity and frequency of
his fits, life will doubtless now be much happier for him.
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
Contagious diseases were found chiefly amongst the
infants examined, and consisted of 2 cases of whooping cough,
5 of chicken pox, 5 of ringworm of the scalp, one of impetigo,
and one of diphtheria.
MEASLES.
Measles has again been prevalent in the district this
Autumn, and affected chiefly the schools which came off more
lightly in last year's heavy epidemic The following schools
have had to be closed, in consequence, for a period of two
weeks.
Holy Trinity Infants.
Belmont Road Infants.
Downhills Infants.
Woodlands Park Infants.
SCARLET FEVER
There was a small outbreak of Scarlet Fever in St. Ann's
Ward during the August holidays, and 10 out of 11 children
affected were found to have attended the same Sunday School.
Closing of this school stopped a further spread, and no more
cases occurred afteR the Elementary Schools re-opened.