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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 25
Two cases obtained their water from a cistern which was allowed
to run dry once a week. In the remainder, the supply is from the
main.
Cases of Mistaken Diagnosis.
In 26 cases (12 of scarlet fever, seven of diphtheria, five of
enteric fever, and two of encephalitis lethargica) information was
received from the Metropolitan Asylums Board's and other hospitals
that the patients were not suffering from the disease notified, or any
other notifiable disease.
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.
Three deaths occurred from this disease (one in Putney, one in
Tooting, and one in Wandsworth).
Six cases of this disease were notified (one in Putney, two in
Streatham, one in Tooting, and two in Wandsworth). Five of the
cases were removed to hospital.
Sixteen deaths were registered as having been caused by meningitis
(one in Clapham, one in Putney, six in Streatham, three in
Tooting, and five in Wandsworth). Five of these were of infants
under one year, four from two and under five years, and seven 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 two that
died from posterior-basic meningitis, the deaths were stated to
have been caused by simple or pneumonococcal meningitis.
Encephalitis Lethargica.
Two deaths occurred (one in Streatham and one in Tooting).
One of the deaths was of a person from 15 and under 25 years, and
the other was over 65 years.
Six cases were notified (two in Clapham, one in Putney, one in
Streatham, one in Tooting, and one in Wandsworth).
Two of the notified cases died from tubercular meningitis, two
from encephalitis lethargica, and in the other two recovery was
more or less complete, although there were slight after effects.