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to have been suspected till the death suddenly occurred. The Medical
Officer of Health of the other district was informed of the circumstances,
but found nothing to account for the case.
The second case, notified and died same day (June 30th), was a
boy scout of 11 years who had a fall and bumped his head 9th June,
had two days at a scout camp, and went to two swimming baths and
swallowed some of the water and felt sick after it.
In the above two cases the contacts were swabbed with negative
results.
The third case was a non-resident child of 11 admitted to the
Cottage Hospital from an adjoining district on November 29th, notified
5th December for cerebro spinal fever, removed to Isolation Hospital
and died 9th December. The disease was considered to have been
contracted before coming to this district, and the M.O.H. of adjoining
district was informed.
The fourth case on 9th December was a female of 80 years of age,
who recovered with slight paralysis. There was no confirmatory test
of spinal fluid and no contacts to swab except the patient's one nurse
attendant, who continued the care of the aged invalid.
TRENCH FEVER.
This disease affected our troops abroad and recurrences in two
cases in military men were notified. One case was a visitor to
Bromley.
MALARIA.
Eleven cases were notified ; all were relapses in men who had
served abroad and all reside in the southern or Bromley Common
distri t.
ENCEPHALITIS LETHARGIC A.
This is a new disease and may probably be found to be in some
way allied to Influenza. Two cases were notified and both completely
recovered.
SMALL POX.
Notice was received from Croydon that a maid was detained who
had been in contact with a case of small pox there, and as she was in
the service of a family in Bromley four persons were re-vaccinated.