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that was not notified till an advanced stage, that the
laundry work of several families was being taken in
at the house, and also that children and others were
frequenting a small shop which was part of the
premises. Of course this was promptly dealt with
as soon as I became aware of it. The Hook Schools
were closed from October 19th to December 7th, and
a special report on the outbreak was submitted to
the Council on November 1st.
The distinctive feature of many of the cases
was the extreme mildness of the symptoms, so that
there was a real difficulty in recognition until, in
several instances, desquamation set in.
There was only one death, that of a child, who
contracted the illness from an earlier case in the
house that had never received any medical attendance
whatever.
The Isolation Hospital, being able to take in
only a certain number of patients at a time, and the
number would vary according to the prevalence of
other diseases and the number of beds available for
either sex, many had to be sent to Cuddington and
to Wimbledon. This fact has in a great measure
brought up the question of the necessity, or otherwise,
of adding an additional block to the Hospital,
and a decision has not yet (at the time of writing
this) been come to.
Hospital accommodation is usually provided on
the basis of one bed per thousand of the population,
but now that the Tolworth Hospital has to provide
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