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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.
Twenty-two cases occurred within the Borough—10 Poplar, 8
Bromley, and 4 Bow, as follows:—
(1) A case of Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis was notified on 2nd January
as occurring in a male, aged 4 months, of Woollett Street, Poplar. The
patient had been admitted into the Children's Hospital, Great Ormond
Street, and died there on 15th January from " Post Basic Meningitis."
(2) A case was notified on 22nd January as occurring in a male
aged 5 years, of Bygrove Street, Poplar. The patient was admitted
into the Poplar and Stepney Sick Asylum on or about 23rd January
and was discharged on 30th January. The medical superintendent
very much doubted its being a case. The blood examination was negative
and no lumbar puncture was undertaken.
(3) A case of Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis ("Spotted Fever") was
notified on 8th February as occurring in a female, aged 6 weeks, of
Lower North Street, Poplar. The patient was admitted into the London
Hospital on 3rd February and died there on the 18th from the disease.
(4) March 11th, female, aged 9 years, of Oban Street, Bromley.
Removed to Brook Hospital on that date and died there on 12th from
the disease.
(5) March 20th, female, aged 3 years, of BealeRoad, Bow. Admitted
into Queen's Hospital, Hackney Road, 17th March, and died there from
the complaint on 22nd.
(6) March 27th, male, 3 years, of Fairfoot Road, Bromley. Removed
to Eastern Hospital on 27th March and died there from the complaint
on 28th March.
(7) March 29th, male, aged 7 months, of Galbraith Street, Poplar.
Patient died on 28th March from the disease.
*(8) March 27th, male, aged 20 years, of West Ferry Road, Poplar.
Patient removed to Eastern Hospital on 29th March.
*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.