| Seized with the Scarlet Fever | ||
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Drawing
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One of the other
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12th
February
1883 |
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"Attendance thin all week owing to smallpox and whooping cough being prevalent in the neighbourhood ". |
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28th
August
1893 |
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"Opened School after 5 weeks being closed for Scarlet Fever". |
| This was from Pool Quay School in 1897... |
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26th
January
1897 |
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"...The school was closed by Medical Authority for six weeks in the early part of the year and the work suffered in consequence"... |
| And this from Buttington School in 1874... |
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1st
June
1874 |
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"Since Friday last a number of the children have been seized with the Scarlet Fever". |
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With children coming to country schools from farms and cottages over a wide area it was easy for infectious diseases to spread very quickly, and schools were often closed for weeks to reduce the risk. Back to Welshpool schools menu
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of the alarming number of deaths of young children from just one school.
But the official Log Books of Victorian
schools show that diseases which could
cause death were a constant threat.