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Holborn 1925

Report for the year 1925 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Dysentery.
No case of dysentery was notified.
14 cases were notified in London.
Malaria.
No case of malaria was notified.
55 cases were notified in London.
Encephalitis Lethargica.
One case of encephalitis lethargica was notified in the Borough during the
year.
293 cases were notified in London, with 117 deaths.

The following table gives information up to the end of 1925 respecting the ten real cases of encephalitis lethargica notified in the Borough since the Public Health (Encephalitis Lethargica) Regulations came into force on the 1st January, 1919:—

Date of Notification.Pa'ient.A^e when notified.Subsequent History.
6/2/20P.P.8 yearsDied 28/2/20
7/2/20WW.47 yearsDied 7/2/20
13/1/20B.R.32 yearsDied 13/1/20
26/4/22W.H.14 yearsDied 19/4/22
4/4/24A. K.28 yearsDied 28/3/24
16/5/24G.C.36 yearsReturned to Italy
20/6/24R.V.M.40 yearsComplete recovery
9/7/24F.H.7 yearsComplete recovery
26/9/24B.V.53 yearsDied 21/9/24
4/5/25CS28 yearsRight leg partially paralysed ; right arm tremulous ; extreme depression

The table excludes one case notified 15/11/24 who was subsequently found
not to be suffering from this disease.
Acute Poliomyelitis.
Two cases of acute poliomyelitis or polioencephalitis were notified.
49 cases were notified in London, with 14 deaths.
From the coming into operation of the Poliomyelitis Order, 1912, to the end
of 1925, a total of 14 casks of this disease was notified as occurring in the
Borough.