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during 1907, in Belfast and Glasgow, the attention of Sanitary
Authorities all over the United Kingdom were directed
towards the nature of the disease, and precautions were
observed to prevent any possible spread of infection to other
districts. In the County of London considerable uneasiness
was felt that the disease might be carried to the Metropolis.
A letter was received from the Local Government Board
drawing the Council's attention to the existence of the disease
in certain parts of Scotland and Ireland. The London County
Council and the Metropolitan Borough Councils took the
necessary steps to deal with any emergency that might arise,
and on the 27th February the London County Council
made an order extending the requirement of Notification to
to the disease for a period of six months, and applied to the
Local Government Board for confirmation of the Order, which
came into force in the County on the 12th March, 1907. This
order was extended for a further period of eighteen months
from the 13th September, 1907.
The following report on the nature and character of the
disease was ordered by the Health Committee to be printed
and circulated amongst members of the Council :—
BATTERSEA BOROUGH COUNCIL.
REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH ON
EPIDEMIC CEREBRO-SPINAL MENINGITIS.
I have to report receipt of a communication from the Local
Government Board in which they draw the Council's attention to
the prevalence of Epidemic Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis in certain
parts of Ireland and Scotland, and sporadic cases which have been
reported in this country. The Board forward with their letter a
copy of a memorandum by their Medical Officer on the character
and symptoms of the disease, with special reference to its minor
and anomalous manifestations.
With a view to prevent the spread of the disease to the
Metropolis the London County Council have added Cerebro-Spinal
Meningitis to the list of those notifiable under Section 55 of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891. There does not seem to be