In 1927 an Influenza Epidemic spread across Britain, and at one point 1000 people a week were dying as a result of flu. So much illness had a dramatic effect on Swanage Council School's Infants Department:
School re-opened this week after closure of 3 weeks. Number present 106. Miss Rolls absent - suffering from influenza.
At that time the Infant School had 136 children on the register.
