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the advice of a committee appointed by the President
of the Royal College of Physicians, has decided that
for notification purposes, the disease at present known
as posterior basal meningitis is included in the term
"cerebro-spinal fever." That term, however, is not to
be interpreted to include cases of meningitis due to
tuberculosis, syphilis, middle-ear disease, or injury.
I am to add that the services of Dr. Wanklyn, the
Assistant Medical Officer of Health, Public Health
Department, 8, St. Martin's Place, W.C., will be
available with a view to the investigation of cases in
association with medical practitioners, should they so
desire.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
G, L. GOMME,
Clerk of the Council.
COPY OF ORDER.
The London County County Council doth hereby
Resolve and Order that section 55 of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891, with respect to the notification
of infectious disease, shall apply, in the Administrative
County of London, for a further period of
eighteen calendar months as from and including 13th
September, 1907, to the disease known as cerebrospinal
fever (epidemic cerebro-spinal meningitis).
On the 12th of April a girl was notified as suffering
from cerebro-spinal meningitis. She was taken ill
whilst attending as a pupil at Hague Street School;
at the request of the authorities Class room D was
closed and disinfected,