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Lambeth 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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TABLE J.
BOROUGH OF LAMBETH.—Particulars of cases of acute , polio-myelitis (polio-encephalitis) and cerebro-spinal fever, notified within the Borough of Lambeth, during 1917.
| Total number of Cases notified. | NUMBER OF | CASES (excluding Military Cases). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-1 year. • | 1-5 years. | 5-10 years. | 10-15 years. | 15-20 years. | 20-30 years. | Over 30 years. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M | F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis* | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis.* | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis * | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis.* | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis * | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis * | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis * 1 | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis * 1 | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis * | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis * 1 | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis * 1 | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralvsis * | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis.* | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis.* | |||
| †Acute Polio-myelitis (Polio-encephalitis) | 8 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| ‡Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 25 | 4 | 2 | — | 4 | 4 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 7 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Number of cases removed to Isolation Hospital. | *i.e,Recovered | With permanent Paralysis of one or more groups of muscles. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| †Acute Polio-myelitis (Polio-encephalitis) | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
N.B.—There were, in addition, during 1917, 7 military cases notified, 1 acute
polio-myelitis (polio-encephalitis) case, and one cerebro-spinal fever case,
† Not including a death of a female child (5 years of age), who died at
with whom an inquest was held and a verdict registered by the Coroner
previously or subsequently received from a medical man.
‡ Including a death of a female child (9 months old), who died at
connection with whom an inquest was held and a verdict registered by the
notified by the medical man in attendance upon the child during its life.
polio-myelitis (polio-encephalitis) and 6 cerebro-spinal fever. The acute
died. All the military cases were treated in hospital.
St. Thomas's Hospital, suddenly, on February 14th, 1917, and in connection
of " death from acute polio-myelitis," no notification certificate having been
Belgrave Children's Hospital, suddenly, on December 30th, 1916. and in
Coroner of " death from cerebro-spinal fever," the case being afterwards.