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Cerebro Spinal Meningitis.
There were two cases notified, one, a male aged 16 years, whowas
employed in town; notified on the 22nd February. Patient
had a history of " obstinate nasal cold " for two or three months,
and had been attended by a Medical Practitioner for the whole of
that period. He was suddenly taken with a very severe headache,
and removed on the same day that the disease was notified, to the
Isolation Hospital, where he died four days later.
The second case was that of a female, aged 9 months, notified
on the 7th March. There was a history of the patient being noticed
with a cold " six days previously, but the doctor was not called
in until the 5th March, when the patient had lost consciousness.
The case was diagnosed as pneumonia, but after death notified
as Cerebro Spinal Meningitis.
The father, who was in the Army, stationed at Salisbury, had
not been home since the previous January.
Encephalitis Lethargica.
Two cases of Encephalitis Lethargica were notified during the
year, both of which were removed to the Prince of Wales's Hospital,
Tottenham.
The first case was reported from hospital as an error in diagnosis,
the child, aged 4 years, found to be suffering from "Acidosis. "
The second was a male, aged 44 years, who was employed on
the railway.
He had complained of being "seedy," and having pains at
the back of his eyes for some three weeks previously to notification,
and had been attended throughout by a medical practitioner.