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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Cerebrospinal Meningitis.
Four deaths occurred from this disease (three in Streathain,
and one in Wandsworth).
Eleven deaths were Registered as having been caused by
Meningitis (six in Clapham, one in Putney, two' in Streatham,
one in Tooting, and one in Wandsworth). Four of these were
of infants under one year, two from two and under five years,
and five over five years of age.
As in previous years, inquiries were made from the medical
attendant, and in all the cases, with the exception of one that
died from Posterior-basic Meningitis, the deaths were stated to
have been caused by Simple or Pneumonococcal Meningitis.
Encephalitis Lethargica.
Six deaths occurred (one in Clapham, one in Putney, two
in Streatham, and two in Wandsworth). One of the deaths was
a person from 15 and under 25 years, one from 25 and under 45
years, two from 45 and under 65 years, and two over 65 years.
Malaria.
Three deaths occurred from Malaria; two of these contracted
the disease in the Army, one in Mesopotamia and one in Salonica.
The third contracted the disease in Nigeria.
Puerperal Fever.
Fourteen deaths occurred from this disease (five in Clapham,
one in Putney, five in Streatham, and three in Wandsworth).
The death-rate was .04 per 1,000, and the case mortality
38 per cent.
Erysipelas.
Nine deaths occurred from this disease during the year,