1930 — Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis, int. list #18, Census Bur. Mortality Statistics –4,211

Compiled by Wayne Blanchard; last edit 2-3-2025 for upload to: http://www.usdeadlyevents.com/-

–4,211 Bureau of the Census, US Dept. of Commerce. Mortality Statistics 1930, Table II, p. 69.

Narrative Information

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

Bureau of the Census, United States Department of Commerce. Mortality Statistics 1931 [and 1930] (Thirty-Second Annual Report). Washington: GPO, 1935. Accessed 2-3-2025 at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsushistorical/mortstatsh_1931.pdf

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