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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
Tottenham 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Hospital, Tottenham for the treatment of poliomyelitis and the
Medical Officer of Health was appointed a member of the Subcommittee
concerned with this unit.
The modern treatment of emergencies likely to arise during
the course of poliomyelitis calls for special apparatus and
special medical and nursing skills. It was therefore thought
advisable to concentrate the facilities for treatment and maintenance
of special equipment at a few points in the Region and bring
those who might need it to those points rather than spread the
apparatus and specialists staff throughout the Region to be trans-
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ported to the emergency when it arose. The established "unit"
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leads to much greater efficiency but it does mean that patients
outside Tottenham may have to be treated at some distance from
their homes. Locally the knowledge that so many cases of poliomyelitis
are being treated in St. Ann's General Hospital may give
the public a wrong impression of the incidence of the disease in
the Borough. These objections, however, cannot begin to outweigh
the advantages of centralised treatment.
| Date of Notification | Date of commencement of illness | Sex | Age in Years | Remarks | Recent History of Inoculations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20.7.55 | 16.7.55 (Approx. ) | F | 14½ | Non-paralytic | Nil |
| 23.7.55 | 21.7.55 | M | 18 | Paralytic | Nil |
| 9.8.55 | 22.7.55 | F | 4¾ | Non-paralytic | Nil |
| 30.8.55 | 24.8.55 | F | 36 | Paralytic (Expectant Mother) | Nil |
| 2. 9.55 | 31.8. 55 | F | 37 | Non-paralytic | Nil |
| 3.9.55 | 29.8. 55 | M | 17½ | Non-paralytic | Nil |
| 5.9.55 | 30.8.55 | F | 2¼ | Paralytic | Anti-tetanus serum 6-8 weeks before onset |
| 8.9.55 | 6. 9. 55 | M | 5 | Non-paralytic | Nil |
| * 8.9.55 | 6. 9. 55 | M | 6 | Non-paralytic | Nil |
| 12.9.55 | 7.9.55 | M | 10½ | Non-paralytic | Nil |
| 20.9.55 | 15.9. 55 | M | 10½ | Non-paralytic | Nil |
| 26.9.55 | 21.9. 55 | M | 28 | Paralytic | Nil |
| 3.10. 55 | 30.9. 55 | M | 10 | Non-paralytic | Nil |
| 6. 10. 55 | 13.9.55 (Approx.) | F | 5 | Paralytic | Nil |
| 24. 10. 55 | 14.10. 55 (Approx.) | F | 4 | Paralytic | Nil |
| 23.11. 55 | 16.11. 55 | M | 8 | Non-paralytic | Nil |
| 30.11. 55 | 23.11.55 | F | 25 | Paralytic (Expectant Mother) | Nil |
| 29. 12. 55 | 29.12. 55 | M | 14. | Paralytic | Nil |
| 31.12. 55 | 31.12. 55 | M | 2½ | Paralytic | Nil |
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