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The Public Health and Housing Committee were of opinion the
provision of Infectious Diseases Hospitals by the Metropolitan Asylums
Board for isolation and treatment of cases of Measles is not necessary or
desirable, and recommended the Council to concur in this opinion, and
the Local Government Board, the Metropolitan Asylums Board, and the
Battersea Borough Council be so informed.
CEREBRO SPINAL FEVER (SPOTTED FEVER.)
A case of Cerebro-Spinal Fever (Spotted Fever) was certified from the
London Hospital in a child aged 2½ years, a resident of Bow. Upon
receipt of the information the Local Government Board was communicated
with, and the premises visited. All the inmates were well and no history
could be obtained as to the cause of the child's illness. He became
suddenly ill whilst playing in the street on the 13th October, and the
mother took him to the London Hospital on the 18th October.
There were other cases of Cerebro-spinal Fever in the London
Hospital at the time, but they did not belong to the Poplar District.

For death rates see Tables XVIII. and XIX., page 47.
* Under the heading of "Diarrhœa" are included deaths registered as due to
Epidemic diarrhœa, Epidemic enteritis, Infective enteritis, Zymotic enteritis, Summer
diarrhœa, Dysentery and Dysenteric diarrhœa, Choleraic diarrhœa, Cholera and Cholera
Nostras.
† Under the heading of "Enteritis" are included deaths registered as due to
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro enteritis, Gastric catarrh, Gastritis, and Gastrointestinal
catarrh.