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GLANDERS, ANTHRAX, HYDROPHOBIA.
No cases of the above diseases in human beings were certified in Shoreditch
during the year. In London six cases of anthrax and one of hydrophobia occurred.
Six intimations were received from the veterinary inspector of the London County
Council as to the presence of glanders amongst horses at five premises and one
intimation as to a case of anthrax in a horse. The necessary steps as to disinfection
are taken under the supervision of the veterinary inspector. Visits are made by
the sanitary officers in all cases with a view to getting information as to the
existence of any illness there may be of a suspicious character amongst those who
have had to deal with the infected animals, Nothing was ascertained during the
year which afforded any reason to believe that there had been any transmission of
infection to human beings.
CEREBRO SPINAL FEVER.
Five cases were certified with two deaths. In three the meningococcus was
stated to have been found in fluid from the spinal cord. The fatal cases were
in infants under one year. There were 21 deaths attributed to meningitis, 16 being
of children under the age of one year. Enquiries were made as to the cause of the
meningitis in these cases. In most of them it was stated that there were no grounds
for suspecting cerebro spinal fever. In two or three the pneumococcus was given as
the cause and in two or three post mortem examinations and bacteriological results
obtained after death shewed the presence of the meningococcus.
The cases of cerebrospinal fever certified in the Metropolis numbered 115 and
10 deaths were attributed to the disease.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND SCHOOLS.
In the following table are set forth the numbers of children belonging to
Shoreditch who were suffering from infectious diseases or were residing in houses in
which infectious diseases existed, concerning whom intimations of exclusion from
school were received from the head-teachers of the schools they attended in
accordance with the requirements of the scnool management code of the London
County Council:—