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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Meningitis. In two of the cases lumbar puncture was performed,
and in neither was the meningococcus found.
Two deaths occurred in the Grove Hospital from this disease,
one of the cases belonging to South Croydon, and the other to
Lambeth.
153 cases were notified during the year in London.
21 deaths were registered as having been due to Simple
Meningitis, one in Clapham, two in Putney, 13 in Streatham, none
in Tooting, and five in Wandsworth.
10 of these were of infants under one year, seven from one to
five years, and four above five years of age. In all these cases
enquiries were made from the medical man in attendance, and
replies were received in every case stating that the deaths were
due, in their opinion, to Simple and not Cerebro-spinal Meningitis.
Bacteriological Examinations.
During the year 466 bacteriological examinations were made
at the Lister Institute, compared with 407 in 1906, 174 in 1905,
121 in 1904, 125 in 1903, 98 in 1902, and 66 in 1901.
The following Table shows the number of examinations in
each sub-district and for the whole Borough, also the disease for
which the examination was made and the result of such
examination.