1928 – Meningococcus Meningitis, int. list #24, Census Bur. Mortality Statistics 1928  –2,923

Compiled by Wayne Blanchard; last edit 2-20-2025 for upload to: http://www.usdeadlyevents.com/-

–2,923  Bureau of the Census, US Dept. of Commerce. Mortality Statistics 1928, Table 6, p. 96.

Narrative Information

AI Overview: “Meningococcal meningitis is a serious infection of the membranes (meninges) that cover the brain and spinal cord caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis.”

Bureau of the Census. Listed under heading I. Infectious and parasitic diseases…(Communicable diseases). Diseases due to bacteria (numbers 1-26).

Merriam-Webster: “Definition of cerebrospinal meningitis: inflammation of the meninges of both brain and spinal cord, specifically: an infectious often epidemic and fatal meningitis caused by the meningococcus.” (Merriam-Webster. “Cerebrospinal meningitis.” 2020.)

Sources

AI Overview: “Meningococcal Meningitis.” Accessed 2-14-2024 at: https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Meningococcus+Meningitis

Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce. Mortality Statistics 1928. Washington: GPO, 1930. Accessed 2-20-2025 at: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsushistorical/mortstatsh_1928.pdf

Merriam-Webster. “Cerebrospinal meningitis.” 2020. Accessed 1-31-2020 at: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cerebrospinal%20meningitis