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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Holborn 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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The following table gives information lip to the end of 1030 respecting the 13 real cases of encephalitis lethargica notified in the Borough since the Public Health (Encephalitis Lethargica) Regulations came into force on the 1st January, 1919:—
| Date of Notification | Patient. | Sex. | Age when notified. | Subsequent History. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13/1/20 | B.R. | F | 32 years | Disease fatal 13/1/20 |
| 6/2/20 | P.P. | M | 8 years | Disease fatal 28/2/20 |
| 7/2/20 | W.W. | M | 47 years | Disease fatal 7/2/20 |
| 26/4/22 | W.H. | M | 14 years | Disease fatal 19/4/22 |
| 4/4/24 | A.K. | F | 28 years | Disease fatal 28/3/24 |
| 16/5/24 | G.C. | M | 36 years | Returned to Italy; no further information |
| 20/6/24 | R.V.M. | M | 40 years | Went to Australia. Complete recovery reported |
| 9/7/24 | F.H. | F | 7 years | Complete recovery |
| 26/9/24 | B.V. | F | 53 years | Disease fatal 21/9/24 |
| 4/5/25 | C.S | F | 28 years | Improved but right arm tremulous. O.P. at National Hospital. |
| 29/5/26 | H.P. | M | 33 years | Disease fatal 30/5/26 |
| 22/7/29 | C.M. | M | 47 years | Returned to West Indies; 110 further information |
| 26/5/30 | W.W. | M | 32 years | Disease fatal 30/5/30 |
The table excludes one case notified 15/11/24 who was subsequently found not to be
suffering from this disease.
In February, 1028, a communication was received from the Medical Officer of Health
of the London County Council respecting non-notified cases of encephalitis lethargica.
Information of four such eases in the Borough was forwarded in order that where the patients
were not of school age they could be kept under observation in the same way as notified
cases.
The following gives particulars of these cases: —
| Date ofOuset. | Patient. | Sex | Birth. Date of | Where Treated. | Condition at end of 1930. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/9/20 | P.L. | F | 1904 | Hospital (St. Bartholomew's) | In Archway Hospital—became im-possible to manage at home. Would not get up, and seemed |
| Jan., 1920 | W.P. | M | 1910 | University College Hospital | Died 1929. |
| Feb., 1924 | W.B. | M | 1913 | Royal Free Hospital-in patient since 1926 | In Northern Hospital (L.C.C.), Appears worse—mouth hanging |
| Nov., 1924 | K.M. | F | 1911 | London Homœopathic Hospital- in patient | No paralysis, but walks very slowly, O.P. at West End Hospital for Nervous Diseases |