Wee Ones nursery in Wandsworth has been temporarily closed after a teacher collapsed. She was was found to have been suffering from tuberculosis for six months. The results in all but one were positive and the 24 last night had chest x-rays and will be examined this week. If found to be infectious, they will be given antibiotics. Relatives and friends will then have to be screened.
Children usually pick up tuberculosis at home from an adult.
It is unusual to contract it in school. Parents in Wandsworth were urged not to worry by the health authority. It is unusual for TB in a person at a school to spread to children or staff at that school. It is not an infection that develops quickly. The health authority is trying to find the source of the disease.