The 1940 film The Courageous Dr. Christian shows a meningitis outbreak in “squatter town.” When Dr Christian (Jean Hersholt) is called in to diagnose a child, he warns the community of more to come. Once informed, the unfazed mayor interjects that the slums alone are at risk. Dr Christian—deeply serious and upset by the mayor's lack of compassion for the poor—tells him the infection could also get to the town administrators. The outbreak portrayed in The Courageous Dr. Christian might have superficially represented an actual meningococcal meningitis epidemic that hit major American cities in the early 1900s.

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1940年的电影《勇敢的克里斯蒂安博士》在“棚户区”爆发了脑膜炎。当克里斯蒂安医生（让·赫尔肖特）被邀请诊断孩子时，他警告社区还有更多人要来。一旦被告知，没有生气的市长就插话说，仅贫民窟就有危险。克里斯蒂安博士-由于市长对穷人缺乏同情心而深感严肃和不安-告诉他感染也可能会传到镇管理人员身上。在《勇敢的克里斯蒂安医生》中描述的爆发可能表面上代表了实际的脑膜炎球菌性脑膜炎流行，这种流行在1900年代初袭击了美国主要城市。