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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Southwark 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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Table: TABLE 22a.Cerebro Spinal Fever, Encephalitis Lethargica, Poliomyelitis and Encephalitis.

TABLE 22a.

Cerebro Spinal Fever, Encephalitis Lethargica, Poliomyelitis and Encephalitis.

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 yearsOver 30 years.
Male.Female.Male.Female.Male.Female.Male.Female.Male.Female.Male.Female.Male.Female.
Cases.Deaths.Permanent Paralvsis*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 Poliomyelitis..............................................................................................................................
Polio Encephalitis1..................................................................................................................11...
Cerebro Spinal Fever822............11...1111...22.........................................................11............
Encephalitis Lethargica6..................11...........................2...............1.................................1......1......
*i.e., Recovered with permanent paralysis of one or more groups of muscles.
Number of cases removed to Isolation Hospital.
-Male.Female.Male.Female.Male.Female.Male.Female.Male.F emale.Male.Female.Male.Female.
Acute Poliomyelitis..........................................
Polio-Encephalitis.......................................1
Cerebro Spinal Fever2...1112..................1...
Encephalitis Lethargica......1.........2...............11
Note—Of the 8 cases of Cerebro Spinal Fever notified, the cause of death in 3 of the cases was certified as Pneumococcal Meningitis, and Broncho Pneumonia in 1 case.