4th May 1907
Measles outbreak at the boys’ home
Measles infected 35 residents of the Jersey home for boys in what came to be described variously as an “epidemic” or “plague”. Six of the boys subsequently contracted pneumonia, perhaps from spending too long laying down, and their treatment was extended further. A thanksgiving service was held at Gorey Church once all the boys had been declared well.
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Other events that occured in May
Discovery of The Jersey Mummy
- The Jersey Mummy was discovered in Egypt and brought to the island via Paris, but the man accompanying it died on the way.
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Jersey Royal potato company is taken over
- The Jersey Royal potato is one of the island’s best-known exports. Produce Investments bought the company behind it for £15m in 2014.
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Jersey hosts UK’s first post-war Grand Prix
- British driver Reg Parnell won the 1947 Jersey International Road Race, considered to be the UK's first post World War II Grand Prix race.
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King of the Ecrehous is admitted to hospital
- Phillipe Pinel was known by many as the King of the Ecrehous, under which title he ruled the islands off Jersey’s north-east coast.
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