Llanfair
Caereinion
Victorian school days
Epidemics of different kinds | ||
Many children were kept away from
school to help with farm and other jobs, but another major cause of absence
was illness. Many diseases which are
now very rare often caused very serious illness and many deaths in Victorian
times. |
16th
November
1885 |
The example above is part of the
School Inspector's report on Manafon
School from November 1885 - |
31st
October
1890 |
"Some of the
little ones who attended were coughing pitifully". More about the dangers of disease...
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