DOZENS of children were taken ill after a mild form of the infectious disease Hepatitis A hit three schools in Blackburn and Darwen.
At Lower Darwen Primary School, it was thought teenagers urinating in the school doorway at night were to blame for the outbreak, and parents were urged to take extra hygiene precautions.
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