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1929
the Acton General Hospital. Dr. Teale is the bacteriologist
appointed by the Middlesex County Council to examine the
cerebro-spinal fluid of Meningitis cases and the swabs of contacts
of patients suffering from Cerebro-Spinal Fever).
The immediate home contacts were examined on July 31st
and all were found negative; that is, the Meningo-coccus was not
found in the secretions of the Naso-pharynx.
(2) J. M. aged 9 years. Notification dated 26.7.1929.
Death 29.7.1929.
She was taken ill on Wednesday July 24th. She was seen
in her home on that date by a doctor and admitted to the Acton
General Hospital on July 26th. She died on July 29th.
The Meningo-coccus was isolated from the Cerebro-Spinal
Fluid by Dr. Braxton Hicks on July 26th. The specimen sent to
Dr. Teale on the same date was negative.
The immediate home contacts were swabbed on July 31st
and all were found negative.
(3) C W. age 13 years. Notification dated 9.8.1929.
Death 2.9.1929.
This child was taken ill on July 31st, but was much worse
on August 1st. She was attended by a doctor on August 1st, 2nd,
3rd and 4th, and was admitted to the Acton General Hospital on
August 4th.
Dr. Woodwark, one of the physicians of the Royal Waterloo
Hospital for Women and Children, saw the child as a consultant
and offered to admit her to the Royal Waterloo Hospital. The
offer was accepted and she was treated there.
She died on September 2nd, and inquest was held by Dr.
Ingleby Oddie at the Lambeth Coroners Court.
(4) M. L. age At years. Notification dated 28.8.1929.
Death 27.8.1929.
This child sickened on August 23rd and was attended by a
doctor. On August 26th the child was removed to the Acton General
Hospital.
The Cerebro-Spinal Fluid was examined by Doctor Braxton
Hicks and Dr. Teale on August 27th and the Meningo-coccus was
found. On August 30th the home contacts were swabbed and
found negative.
Two other cases have also been mentioned in the newspapers,
and though the illness in these was not caused by the Meningo-coccus,
I am including a short account of these cases.
S.C. age 17 years. Attended 2nd Class Acton Baths on the
evening of July 10th—became ill on July 11th with sickness and
diarrhoea—attended by a doctor on July 12th. The patient was
delirious and died on July 16th. The death certificate was given as
Lobar Pneumonia, the primary cause of death, and Pneumo-coccal