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ERYSIPELAS.
51. There were 138 cases of erysipelas notified, compared
with 87, 70 and 107 in the three preceding years. There
were 8 deaths, one under one year of age and the remainder
over 45. The case-rate was l.02, and the death-rate 0.06,
compared with 0.02, nil, and 0.05 in the three preceding
years. The case-rate was the highest recorded, but the
death-rate was higher in 1911. Three cases were removed to
the Fever Hospital on the special recommendation of the
Medical Officer of Health. The London case-rate was 0.89,
and the London death-rate, 0 04.
CEREBRO-SPINAL MENINGITIS.
52. Cerebro-spinal meningitis was made notifiable in 1907
under the Public Health (London) Act, by the London County
Council. One case was notified in the Borough in each of the
two years 1907.8. One case was notified in 1911, one in
1912, nil in 1913, and one in 1914. 46 cases occurred in 1915,
excluding 4 cases of mistaken diagnosis. There were 9 deaths,
2 of which were under two years of age. The case rate was
0.34 in Woolwich, compared with 0.06 in London.
31 cases occurred in Woolwich Parish and 9 in Eltham.
28 of the cases were soldiers in barracks and 12 were under
15 years of age. The large majority of the cases occurred in
the first three months of the year.
Of the 18 civilian cases, in only one instance did more than
one case occur in the same house. This was the case of a girl
aged 11, who began to be ill March 23rd. Apparently she
was not acutely ill, but did not finally recover sufficiently for
discharge from hospital for nearly five months. She was not
notified until April 9th, when her mother too was severely ill.
The mother's illness began April 6th and she died on the 10th.