Hay British Infants School 4

	Hay British Infants School 4 A death from scarlet fever, 1938
	From the Babies class The previous page referred to the often alarming frequency of serious epidemics as recorded in early School Log Books. With illness being such a regular cause of disruption to school life it was inevitable that the death of children from disease was also, sadly, by no means rare.
Hay British Infants School Log Book
	An unhappy example of such a loss is shown here, from 19th December 1938: "Little Maureen Bryne from the Babies class has died at the local Isolation Hospital from the effects of Scarlet Fever".
Powys County Archives B/E/PS/36/L/2
	This almost matter-of-fact entry written in the log book on 25th January 1918 does not mention the cause of the death of a young pupil: "One scholar has been admitted this week, and one has died". There are 19 pages on the Hay British Infants School. Use the box links below to view the other pages.

Hay British Infants School 4 A death from scarlet fever, 1938