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Lambeth 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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TABLE J.
BOROUGH OF LAMBETH.—Particulars of cases of acute polio-myelitis (polio-encephalitis), cerebro-spinal fever (post-basic meningitis) and encephalitis lethargica acuta notified within the Borough of Lambeth during 1926.
| Total Number of Cases notified. | NUMBER OF CASES. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Paralalyasis* | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis* | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis* | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis* | ||
| Acute Polio-myelitis | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Acute Polio-encephalitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cerrbro-Spinal Fever | 5 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Post-Basic Meningitis | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Encephalitis Lethargica ... | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 5 | 2 | - | 4 | 3 | - |
| Number of Cases removed to Isolation Hospital. | Recovered, with permanent Paralysis of one or more groups of muscles (slight paralysis of ciliary muscles and accommodation). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acute Polio-myelitis | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acute Polio-encephalitis Cerebrospinal Fever | — | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Post-Basic Meningitis | 1 | - | — | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||