[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough] page 54

Holborn 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]

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Acute Poliomyelitis and Acute Polioencephalitis.
No case of acute poliomyelitis or polioencephalitis was notified.
Sixty cases were notified in London, giving rise to nine deaths.
From the coming into operation of the Poliomyelitis Order, 1912 to the end
of 1033, 18 cases were notified in the Borough.

Table: The following table gives particulars of these cases with the condition at the end of 1931:—

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The following table gives particulars of these cases with the condition at the end of 1931:—

Date of Notification.	Patient.	Sex	Age at date of Notification.	Where Treated.	Subsequent History.
17/7/13	F.D.	M	1 8/12 years	Hospital	Died from diphtheria.
23/10/13	F.H.	F	2 „	„	Wears specially made shoes. Health satisfactory. Working.
26/1/16	A.C.	F	4 „	„	Died 26/1/16.
27/1/16	T.B.	M	4 „	„	Working-slight limp;health good.
5/9/16	F.B.	M	2 months	„	Died.
6/6/20	P.	F	3½ years	„	Recovered—no crippling. Health fairly good.
23/7/20	E.W.	M	15 „	„	No use of lower limbs. Does occasional clerical work.
17/9/20	E.H.	F	1 8/12„	„	Recovered. Health satisfactory. Working.
4/9/22	Y.R.	F	1 1/1 0/2„	Home	Died in Paris.
5/2/23	J.N.	M	3½„	Hospital	Recovered—no crippling.
2/5/23	M.H.	F	11 mths	Hospital	Walks well with appliances— at night wears two light metal splints for feet
14/9/25	B.T.	M	26 years	„	Hotel guest; could not be traced
30/10/25	V.H.	F	5 „	„	Removed from Borough —lost sight of
24/11/30	R.H.	M	1 1/1 1/2 „	„O.P.	Goes to school, Improvement in use of arm
14/9/31	P.C.	M	9/ 12„	„	Died 18/9/31
—/11/31	B.C.	F	10 „	Home	Walks well
3/6/32	G.C.	M	6 mths.	Hospital	Out-patient St. Bartholomew's Hospital — support for right foot when in bed
30/8/32	L.P.	M	13 years	„	No improvement in left arm

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The table excludes one case notified 4/12/18 who was subsequently found not to be
suffering from this disease.

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Table: The following table gives particulars of these cases with the condition at the end of 1931:—

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