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82 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
In London 101 cases of this disease were notified during the
year, compared with 115 in 1910.
25 deaths were registered as having been caused by Meningitis
(two in Clapham, two in Putney, six in Streatham, four in Tooting,
and seven in Wandsworth), compared with 19 in 1910.
Five of these were of infants under one year, three from one
to two years, three from two to five years, and 14 over 5 years.
As in previous years., inquiries were made from the medical
attendant, and in all the cases, with the exception of one, due to
Posterior-basic Meningitis, the disease was stated to have been
Simple Meningitis.
Bacteriological Examinations.
During the year 624 bacteriological examinations were made
at the Lister Institute, compared with 318 in 1910, 397 in 1909,
491 in 1908, 466 in 1907, 407 in 1906, 174 in 1905, 121 in 1904, 125
in 1903, 98 in 1902, and 66 in 1901.