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1929
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260 ft. 6 ins. Black Pebbles 4 ft. 6 ins.
267 ft. 6 ins. Thanet Sands 13 ft.
274 ft. Suction Point.
280 ft. 6 ins. Green Sand 2 ft.
282 ft. 6 ins. Green Flints 6 ins.
283 ft. Chalk 217 ft.
289 ft. Start of 12 in.
casing.
500 ft. - Bottom of bore
hole.
It may be taken as proved that the water as it enters the
bath is free from polution or contamination. The water in the
1st and 2nd class baths is changed every other day. During the
late spell of hot weather the baths were very extensively used.
The attendances at the 2nd class baths in and around July 20th
were as follows :—
July 18th 653
July 19th 621
July 20th 581
July 21st 43 Sunday
July 22nd 576
The water was changed on the night between July 19th and
July 20th, and again on the night of July 22nd. Although the
attendances on Saturday July 20th and Monday July 22nd were
not quite as high as on the previous Thursday and Friday, over a
thousand persons used them on Saturday and Monday.
C. W. attended the bath on July 22nd, but in view of the
date of the onset of symptoms that date can have no bearing upon
her illness. She also attended the baths on July 26th and the
attendances around that date were as follows:—
July 25th 393
July 26th 324
July 27th 357
The water was changed before the baths were opened on
July 25th and on the night of July 26th.
Before we consider any further relation of the baths to
these cases of Meningitis it may be desirable to insert an account
of the disease of Meningococcal Meningitis.
This disease goes under different names such as Cerebrospinal
Fever, Epidemic Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis, Spotted Fever,
Meningococcal Meningitis, etc.
These names give some clue to the nature of the disease.
Its most characteristic feature is an inflamation of the covering of
the brain, accompanied by a rash on the skin.
The mortality from this cause in England and Wales first
distinguished in 1911, varied only between 9 and 11 per million