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Cerebro-spinal Fever.— On the 26th of February, 1907, the
London County Council made an Order that cerebro-spinal fever
(epidemic cerebro-spinal meningitis) should be a notifiable disease
in the County of London for the period of six calendar months.
The Local Government Board confirmed this Order, and the
Order came into operation on the 13th March. At the expiration
of this period the Order was extended for a further period of
eighteen months.
During the year 1907 there were four cases notified as cerebrospinal
fever. In three of these cases the diplococeus intra-cellularis
was isolated from the spinal fluid. On examination of the houses
occupied by these cases nothing was discovered which could be
regarded as an exciting cause of the disease; neither could they be
associated with other cases.
B. NON-NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
Influenza.— This disease was the cause of 28 deaths in the
Borough during 1907. This is an increase of 7 on the number
occurring during 1906. The death rate is equal to .12 per 1,000
living persons, that for all London to .2 per 1,000.
Chicken-Pox.— No deaths from this disease occurred in the
Borough during 1907.
Diarrhœa.— During 1907 there were 87 deaths due to diarrhœa
and 9 to enteritis. Compared with the previous year there was a
decline of 118 in the deaths from diarrhœa. The death rate
from this cause for Hackney is .37 per 1,000 living persons. The
mortality rate for London for the same period is .32 per 1,000 living
persons.
The distribution of the deaths from diarrhœa is given below:—