Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Altogether it will be seen that there have been over 300 confirmed cases of poliomyelitis in the borough beginning with the year 1947. The next table gives various comparisons between each of these last nine years.
Table 40
Year | Confirmed coses | Division | No. of weeks with 3 or more cases | Type | Sex | Age groups | Result* | ||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W | N | S | Paralytic | N-P | M | F | 0- | /- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65+ | Died | Compl. recov. | Paralysed | Unknown | ||||
Severe | Mild | ||||||||||||||||||||
1947 % | 76 | 26 | 24 | 26 | 10 | 47 | 29 | 43 | 33 | 2 | 23 | 27 | 11 | 12 | 1 | — | 22 | 20 | 19 | 8 | |
62 | 38 | 3 | 35 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 29 | 28 | — | |||||||||||
1948 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | _ | — | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
45 | 22 | 56 | 44 | 56 | 0 | 22 | 34 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 25 | — | |||||||
1949 % | 41 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 29 | 12 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 4 | — | — | 3 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 4 |
32 | 71 | 29 | 61 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 38 | 27 | 27 | — | |||||||||
1950 | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 26 | 12 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 6 | — | _ | _ | 14 | 12 | 9 | 3 |
26 | 68 | 32 | 50 | 50 | 3 | 29 | 29 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 34 | 26 | — | |||||
1951 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Nil | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | _ | _ | —_ | 8 | — | 1 | 2 |
27 | 27 | 46 | 82 | 73 | 27 | 0 | 46 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 11 | — | |||||
1952 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | Nil | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | _ | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | _ | — | _ | 8 | 4 | 3 | _ |
20 | 27 | 53 | 47 | 53 | 47 | 0 | 27 | 53 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 27 | 20 | — | ||||
1953 | 52 | 75 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 35 | 17 | 22 | 30 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 5 | — | _ | 2 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 2 |
27 | 25 | 67 | 42 | 58 | 6 | 25 | 40 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 44 | 26 | 26 | — | ||||||
1954 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | Nil | 4 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | _ | _ | 15 | — | 1 | — |
50 | 25 | 75 | 50 | 50 | 6 | 38 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 0 | 7 | — | ||||||
1955 % | 63 | 24 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 43 | 20 | 38 | 25 | 5 | 12 | 28 | 8 | 9 | 1 | _ | 2 | 32 | 8 | 19 | 2 |
68 | 32 | 60 | 40 | 8 | 44 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 31 | — | |||||||||
Total | 321 | 113 | 104 | 104 | — | 199 | 122 | 173 | 146 | 17 | 90 | 118 | 49 | 45 | 2 | _ | 14 | 140 | 68 | 77 | 22 |
32 | 62 | 38 | 55 | 45 | 5 | 28 | 37 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 46 | 23 | 26 | — |
*The percentages in these columns relate to the traced cases.