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SPOTTED FEVER.
EPIDEMIC CEREBRO-SPINAL MENINGITIS.*
Five cases occurred within the Borough, 2 Poplar, 2 Bromley, and
1 Bow. Four of the patients died, shown as follows :—
(1) A case of posterior basic meningitis ("spotted fever") occurred
in a male, aged 6 months, of Gawthorne Street, Bow, 1st February. The
patient died.
(2) A case of epidemic cerebro-spinal meningitis (spotted fever)
occurred in a male child, aged 6 months, of Lochnagar Street, Bromley,
22nd February. The patient died in the East London Hospital for
Children.
(3) A male, aged 3 years, of Stebondale Street, Poplar, 29th
February. This patient died in King's College Hospital.
(4) A male, aged 4 months, of Prestage Street, Poplar, 14th April.
The patient died in the Poplar Hospital.
(5) A male, aged 13 years, of Tibbatts Road, Bromley, 31st July.
Treated in London Hospital.
* Posterior basal meningitis is included in the term "cerebro-spinal fever," but
does not include meningitis due to tuberculosis, syphilis, middle ear disease, and injury.
The Local Government Board on 1st March, 1909, approved an Order of the London
County Council requiring the notification of cases of cerebro-spinal fever for a further
period of twelve months from and including 13th March, 1909.