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A special Report was made at the time and
copies sent to the Local Government Board and
County Council.
scarlet There were 58 cases notified, 20 in Surbiton
and 38 in Tolworth. The outbreak in Tolworth
was spread over the summer and autumn months,
and was maintained by the children attending St.
Matthew's schools, some also of the cases in
Surbiton were attending there. There were in all
but two deaths and the large majority of the
children attacked had the disease mildly. A few
cases were due also to infection communicated by
patients on their return home from the hospital.
In connection with this some criticism has
lately been put forward with regard to the advisability
of the removal of all cases of this disease to
isolation hospitals, and it has been pointed out
that no apparent decrease in the average number
of cases notified has taken place since this method
has been in force, and further, that cases on
returning home have in some instances communicated
the disease to others.
There is a certain amount of truth in these
statements and it may be that stress may be laid
upon these facts, if they are facts, when the
question arises, as it may and probably will arise
later on, as to the necessity of enlarging the
hospital at Tolworth. If statistics are brought
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