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to the Medical Officer. The schools on one occasion were
closed for one day for the purpose of a thorough cleansing in
addition to the ordinary daily and week end cleansing.
One case in the "peeling" stage was discovered in the
Infants' Department by the Medical Officer. The child was at
once removed to the Isolation Hospital and only three cases (all
members of one family) occurred after this in connection with
these schools.
Of 25 cases of this disease notified in the Borough between
September 26th and November 1st, eight were scholars of the
Girls' Department and two of the Infants' Department of St.
John's Schools. No cases occurred in the Boys'depaitment.
It is satisfactory to note that no cases have occurred
among the scholars of these schools since the end of October
with the exception of one scholar of the Boys' department,
notified December 12th. This boy resides in Lower Mortlake
Road; there is every probability, from the history of the case,
that the disease was contracted in the neighbourhood of the
boy's home.
From the second week in November cases of scarlet fever
were notified in the neighbourhood of the Wesleyan Schools.
Similar precautionary measures were adopted as had been
carried out at St. John's Schools.
Up to and including Friday, November 20th, only 3 cases
of scarlet fever had been notified among scholars of the
Wesleyan Schools, the origin of which, upon investigation,
could not be traced to an outside source; however, it w as
suspected that a "missed" case or a carrier from an infected
home was present at the schools, but careful examination of
every scholar by the Medical Officer failed to discover any such
suspect.