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An outbreak of seven oases occurred amongst scholars attending
a small private school in the early spring. After the summer
holidays a somewhat similar outbreak was noted in another private
school. These cases were all exceedingly mild.
A child coming from Norfolk in September developed Scarlet
Fever about 17 or 18 days after arrival, and two other persons in
the house were taken ill eight days later. There was no apparent
possibility of infection after arrival.
Thirty-four cases were sent to Hampton Isolation and two to
Tolworth Hospital, the latter two being persons belonging to
Maiden, who developed the disease in Kingston; one in a private
school aud one in the Kingston Victoria Hospital. The average
stay in hospital during the whole year was 49 days per case sent,
but it was noted that during the very hot weather the stay was
somewhat longer, being 56.3 days against 46 9 for the rest of the
year.
DIPHTHERIA.
The chief matter of interest, in the incidence of this disease was
the outbreak in two schools in the month of October. On October
29th a notification of Diphtheria was received and by the same
post a copy of the registration of death. The child was attending
Richmond Road Infants' School. On the 31st another fatal case
was notified under similar circumstances. This child was in the
same class as the first case. Eleven other cases occurred during
the following fortnight, all in the same class except one.
The school was visited and the children inspected. From
three children whose throats looked most suspicious swabbings
were taken before they were sent home. The other children in
the class who had enlarged tonsils or enlarged glands under the
angle of the jaw were sent home with a cautioning letter.
One of the swabbings was reported to contain Klebs-Loeffler
bacilli. This child was the sister of a child who had suffered from