Llanidloes National School

	Llanidloes National School - Infants 5 The epidemics
	Whooping cough, scarlet fever, and mumps Just as the effect of the weather on school attendance is a recurring topic in the School Log Books of Llanidloes National School, as with most other early schools, so too is the health of the pupils. In 1911 the Log Book noted that the school had been closed for nine weeks due to "various epidemics, diptheria being one of them".
Llanidloes National School Log Book
	The entry above, dated 12th September 1890, is sadly typical of very many such references over the years. It reads as follows: "The attendance has been poor this week; more than half the number of children whose names are on the registers being absent with "whooping cough".
Powys County Archives M/E/PS/35/L/1
	Another, dated earlier in the same year, 9th May 1890, reads: "The attendance has been very poor on account of Scarlet Fever. Several deaths have taken place in the town this week". Similarly, an entry from February 1889 noted that "The average attendance has been pulled down considerably during the last three weeks, most of the children having been absent on account of Mumps". There are 13 pages on the Infants School. Use the box links below to view the other pages.

Llanidloes National School - Infants 5 The epidemics