[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough] page 89

Poplar 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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Patient.	Notified.	Institution.	Report.	Remarks.
G. J.	1933	Northern Hospital	Very lethargic by day; sleeps well at night. Movements slow and weak. Festinant gait. Definite improvement since being put on Stramonium	Genuine P. E.L.
R. L.	—	Northern Hospital	Sleeps well at night; not sleepy in daytime. Left-sided Parkinsonism—getting progressively more rigid	Genuine P.E.L.
H. R.	—	Northern Hospital	Very lethargic during day. Wasting and loss of power in upper and lower limbs. Is very helpless and unable to do much for himself— getting worse within the past few months	Genuine P. E.L.
L. St. G.	—	Leavesden Mental Hospital	Sleepy by day; no insomnia by night. Intelligence deteriorating gradually	Genuine E. L.
R. S.	—	The Manor, Epsom	Age 20, but mental age 8-9 years. Occasionally mischievous and unruly. No evidence of Parkinsonism or other nervous lesions	? Encephalitis lethargica.

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(6) From Sanitary Inspectors (II).

Patient.	Report.			Treatment.
	Apparently recovered.	Much improved.	Remarks.
	A. B.	—	—		Paralysis increasing. Quite helpless	Nil.
	T. C.	—	—		No change	Nil.
G. H.	—	—	No change	By private practitioner.
T. G.	At work	—	—	—
J. I.	—	—	No change	By private practitioner.
E. M.	—	—	No change	Nil.
J. N.	—	—	No change	By private practitioner.
J. P.	At school	—	—	—
A Sm.	Said to be well	—	—	—
A. Su.	—	—	Physical condition worse	By private practitioner.
W. W.	—	—	No change—partial paralysis	By private practitioner.