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Acute Poliomyelitis.
Four cases were notified and removed to hospital. In one case the
diagnosis was not confirmed, leaving 3 actual cases.
Acute Encephalitis Lethargica.
No cases were notified.
Three deaths were certified as being due to Encephalitis Lethargica
One case was of a patient who was notified prior to 1934; one was of an
inmate of a Mental Hospital outside the Borough (not notified), and a
third occurred in the London Hospital. In this last case subsequent
examination of the brain did not confirm the original diagnosis.
Cases of Encephalitis Lethargica are kept under observation until
the acute stage has passed. Subsequently, periodical visits are made an
reports as to the condition of patients are forwarded to the London County
Council. From time to time reports as to cases admitted to the Encephalitis
Lethargica unit at the Northern Hospital are received from the
London County Council.
Excluding the cases which died during the year, 20 cases were in
vestigated. The following is a summary of the reports submitted:—