Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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TABLE J.
Total Number of Cases notified. | NUMBER OF CASES. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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0-1 year. | 1-5 years. | 5-10 years. | 10-15 years. | 15-20 years. | 20-30 years. | Over 30 years. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis* | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis* | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis* | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis* | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis* | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis* | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis* | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis* | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis* | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis* | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis* | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis* | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis* | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis* | ||
† Acute Polio-myelitis | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
(Polio-encephalitis) Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Post-Basic Meningitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | 8 | 3 | 2 |
Number of Cases removed to Isolation Hospital. | with permanent Paralysis of one or more groups of muscles (slight paralysis of ciliary muscles and accommodation). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2 cases of acute | polio myelitis (1 death) and 4 of acute polio encephalitis (4 deaths). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Acute Polio-myelitis | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cerebro-Spinal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Post-Basic Meningitis | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 |