Hay
and district
Victorian school days
The deaths of two children | ||
Reading the official Log Books or
diaries of Victorian schools makes
you realise how harsh life could be in those years. Nowadays the death
of a child is thankfully very rare, but it was almost a routine
event for many early schools. |
4th
September
1885 |
"The
average attendance for the week 30.7. There were only 35 children present
out of the 61 that have their names on the registers. Two of the 1st Class
boys have died of the measles since the re-opening of the school".
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The above entry comes from the Log
Book of the Hay British Infants
School from September 1885. Time off for an infant's funeral...
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RDR
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