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Bethnal Green 1914

Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1914 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector

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arms, legs, and right half of diaphragm. The child
recovered.
(3) A boy, aged two years, was notified on
August 7th. removed to hospital on the 15th, and discharged
on the 21st. The symptoms at the onset of
this case were inability to move right arm or leg; he
was also unable to sit up, talk, or cough. The child
gradually improved, and at the end of the year was
reported as having recovered.
(4) A male infant, aged nine months, of Poyser
Street, was notified on August 28th. The child was
an out-patient at the Queen's Hospital. The shoulder
muscles were paralysed. He is still under treatment.
(5) A girl, aged two years, of Bullard's Place,
was notified on August 28th. At first the child was an
out-patient at the London Hospital, but towards the end
of the year was transferred to the Mildmay Hospital.
The symptoms were paralysis of both legs and incontinence
of urine. She is still under treatment.
(6) A girl, aged three years, of Pedley Street, was
notified on October 2nd. The child was an out-patient
at the London Hospital, the symptoms at the onset being
paralysis of right arm, with tenderness all over the limb.
The last report was that the child was much improved
and was about to be taken to America to join her father.
(7) This case, a boy aged two years, presented
peculiar symptoms, and was originally notified as a case
of Diphtheria. Paralysis of the right arm developed,
and he was taken to the Queen's Hospital. He was