Llangurig School 7
Illness and death
Serious illness and epidemics have clearly been a major concern for many schools in the early days, when the living conditions and diet of many children were affected by rural poverty. Many references to absences through illness, and sadly,occasional deaths are to be found in the Llangurig School Log Books.
Log Book
"The school has been closed for nearly three months by order of the Medical Authority. The attendance both before and after the closure was affected injuriously by the prevalence of epidemics."
County Archives
M/E/PS/66/L1
A tragedy recorded on 30th May,1879 is shown above:
"On calling the register this morning (Monday) I was
very sorry to hear the answer that Ann Owen was dead. She died
on Saturday last after two hours illness."
The cause of this little girl's death is not named,
but other references to illnesses and epidemics over the years
mention diptheria, scarlet fever, whooping cough and measles.
Another tragic death, from diptheria, is shown on the next page.
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