1940 — Cerebrospinal Meningitis, Census Bureau. Vital Statistics, II, 1940, Mortality, p210–694

Compiled by Wayne Blanchard; last edit 10-27-2024 for upload to: http://www.usdeadlyevents.com/

–694  Census Bureau. Vital Statistics of the [US] 1940, Part II, Mortality Data, p. 210.

Narrative Information

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

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

United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. Vital Statistics of the United States 1940, Part II. Natality and Mortality Data for the United States Tabulated by Place of Residence. Washington, GPO, 1943. Google digitized and accessed 10-27-2024 at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsus/VSUS_1940_2.pdf