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Poplar 1916
Annual report for the year 1916 on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, comprising the registration sub-districts of Poplar, Bromley and Bow
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SPOTTED FEVER.
EPIDEMIC CEREBRO-SPINAL MENINGITIS.*
The Local Government Board approved an Order made by the
London County Council, on the 27th February, requiring the notification
of cases of cerebro-spinal fever (cerebro-spinal meningitis) from and
including 13th March, 1912.
Nineteen cases occurred within the Borough — 6 Poplar, 9
Bromley, and 4 Bow, as follows:—
(1) A female, aged 1 7/12 years, of Driffield Road, Bow, was notified
on 13th January. The patient was removed to the London Hospital
on 11th January. Died 29th February.
(2) A maie, aged 2 months, of Morris Road, Bromley. Notified on
12th February; died in East London Hospital, Shadwell, on 14th
February. Usual steps taken with regard to disinfeotion, and a sailor
who was home on leave returned to barracks for observation.
(3) A male, aged 11 years, of Manchester Road, Poplar. Notified
1st March, 1916, and removed to South Eastern Hospital on 1st March.
(4) A male, aged 5 months, of Lochnagar Street, Bromley. Notified
15th March, 1916, and died in East London Hospital on same date.
(5) A female, aged 7 years, of Ford Street, Bow. Notified 25th
April and removed to London Hospital on 24th April.
(6) A male, aged 8 years, of High Street, Bromley. Notified 8th
May, and removed to the Park Hospital on same date.
(7) A male, aged 8 years, of Barchester Street, Bromley. Notified
9th May, from Poplar Hospital, where case had been removed on 29th
April. Died 20th May.
(8) A male, aged 7 months, of Willis Street, Bromley. Notified
19th May from Children's Hospital, Shadwell, where patient had been
removed on 17th May. Died 6th June.
(9) A male, aged 5 months, of Bath Street, Poplar. Notified
29th May from Children's Hospital, Shadwell, where patient was
removed on 21st inst. Patient died 26th May.
(10) A male, aged 1| years, of Aberfeldy Street, Bromley. Notified
5th June from Poplar Hospital. Discharged from Hospital to an
address in Stepney on 9th June.
* Posterior basal meningitis is included in the term "cerebro-spinal fever," which
does not include meningitis due to tuberculosis, syphilis, middle ear disease, and injury.