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Cerebro-spinal Meningitis.—Thirty-three cases of
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis were notified during the year.
Four occurred in the military population and 29 in the civil
population.
of the four military cases three were admitted to the
Willesden Isolation Hospital and one was treated at home.
of the three admitted to the Willesden Isolation
Hospital, two recovered and one died. The case treated at
home recovered.
of the 29 civil cases, 16 were admitted to the Willesden
Isolation Hospital, nine were admitted to other hospitals,
and four were treated at home.
of the 16 cases admitted to the Willesden Isolation
Hospital, seven recovered and nine died. of the nine
deaths, five were due to Cerebro-spinal Meningitis, one was
due to Puerperal Septicaemia, one to Toxic Scarlet Fever,
one to Tubercular Meningitis, and one to Non-tubercular
Basic Meningitis.
of the nine cases admitted to other hospitals, two
recovered and seven died.
of the four cases treated at home one recovered and
three died, these three deaths occurring before the cases
were notified.
In only one instance did a second case occur in a family,
the period elapsing between the date of removal to hospital
of the first case which proved fatal and the date of onset of
the second case being 51 days.
Contacts.—In 16 of the 33 notified cases no bacteriological
examination of contacts was made. In two of the
remaining 17 cases no information is available, as all
enquiries were made by the military authorities.
In 15 of the remaining 17 cases bacteriological examinations
of contacts were made, 66 contacts being swabbed.