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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
Wandsworth 1919
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1919
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Polio-myelitis and Polio-encephalitis.
Eleven cases were notified, two in Clapham, one in Putney, two in Streatham, one in Tooting, and five in
Wandsworth, and seven of them were removed to hospital.
The following Table gives particulars of the cases.
| No. of Cases. | Date of Notification. | Name and address of Patient. | Age. | Sex. | RESULT OF CASE. | If Lumbar Puncture undertaken. | Result. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of Onset. | Date of Death. | Recovery with or without Permanent Paralyse or Paresis. | |||||||
| 1 | 2/5/19 | V. F., Isis Street | 9 | F | 24/4/19 | 6/6/19 | Tubercular Meningitis | No | — |
| 2 | 7/6/19 | J. A., Hazelwell Road | 3 | M | 28/5/19 | — | Patient nearly well. Now left district | — | — |
| 3 | 14/8/19 | E.M., Westwell Road | 11 | F | 14/8/19 | — | Still paralysed. Attending St. Thomas's Hospital | - | - |
| 4 | 21/10/19 | D.T., Wimbledon Park Road | 7 | M | 30/9/l9 | - | Right leg very weak | No | — |
| 5 | 1/10/19 | F.w., Aristotle- Road | 10 | M | 26/9/19 | 4/10/19 | — | No | — |
| 6 | 7/10/19 | I.V, Thornsett Road | 13 | F | 6 wks. ago | — | Left leg and foot still affected with paralysis | - | — |
| 7 | 11/10/19 | P.D., Thrale Road | 9 | F | 30-9-19 | Admitted into Infirmary, but not yet recovered | - | - | |
| 8 | 27/10/19 | F.G., Ram Square | 3 | M | 9/10/19 | Patient progressing favourably | - | - | |
| 9 | 27/12/19 | L. L., Sellincourt Road | 8 | F | 21/12/19 | — | Recovered | - | — |
| 1 | 10/4/19 | C. A., Aristotle Road | 47 | M | 24/1/19 | 8/2/19 | -\ | Unknown | — |
| 2 | 6/3/19 | L. T., Lavenham Road | 9 | M | ? | 27/2/19 | Diagnosis indefinite | No | — |