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(4) An infant, male, aged 6 months, son of an upholsterer, of 23, B—
Dwellings, certified August 8th, removed to hospital, died. Post-mortem
examination and bacteriological examination revealed cerebro-spinal
fever, the meningococcus being present. The dwelling occupied was
in a satisfactory sanitary condition.
( 5) An infant, male, aged 8 months, son of a window cleaner, of 12, B—
Street, certified August 30th, removed to hospital, recovered, no bacteriological
examination made. The case was regarded as one of
posterior basic meningitis. The house occupied was in a satisfactory
sanitary condition.
(6) An infant, male, aged 8 months, son of a picture frame maker, of 74,
A— Street, certified September" 4th, not removed to hospital, died.
No post-mortem and no bacteriological examination made. House
occupied in a fair sanitary condition.
(7) A child, female, aged 3 years, daughter of a labourer, an inmate of
the Shoreditch Infirmary, certified September 25th, removed to hospital,
died. Post-mortem and bacteriological examinations were negative as
to the case having been one of cerebrospinal fever.
The following case was brought under my notice in consequence of the result
of a post-mortem examination :—
A female, aged 5 months, of 10, S— Chambers, daughter of a baker, was
admitted to St. Bartholomew's Hospital and died there. The cause of
death was basal meningitis, due to the meningococcus. The dwelling
occupied was in a satisfactory sanitary condition.
Enquiries were made during the year in respect to the subjoined deaths, which
were suspected as possibly having been the result of cerebro-spinal fever:—
(1) That of a child, female, of No. 37, E—Street. The post-mortem
examination which was made sho-wed the presence of meningitis, but
the meningococcus was not found. The case was regarded as having
been one of meningitis due to the pneumococcus, or micro-organism of
pneumonia.
(2) That of a child, female, of 47, N— Street. No post-mortem examination
was made. There were no good grounds for believing this child
to have died from cerebro-spinal fever.
(3) That of a child, female, of 61, H— Road. No post-mortem
tion was made, and death was believed to have been the result of
tuberculous meningitis.
(4) That of a lad, aged 15 years, of 21, N— Street. The post-mortem
examination made revealed no signs of tubercle. Basal meningitis
was present, more particularly in respect to the left hemisphere of the
brain, the appearance being such as to suggest the probability of
abscess formation had the patient lived longer. Nothing definite
was found in respect to the upper part of the spinal cord, which was