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Wandsworth 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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168 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The following is a list of the cases notified as Polio-Myelitis
| No. | Date. | Sex. | Age. | Parish. | Result and present condition. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3rd April | F. | 1 1/6 | Wandsworth | Died 27th March. Anterior Polio-Myelitis. |
| 2 | 29th „ | F. | 2 | Died 22nd April. Anterior Polio-Myelitis. | |
| 3 | 28th July | M. | 2 1/1 ½ | „ | Still paralysed in legs. Health otherwise good. |
| 4 | 28th Aug. | M. | 3¾ | „ | Still paralysed. Attending St. Thomas's Hospital. |
| 5 | 16th Sept. | F. | 3½ | Streatham | Still paralysis of left leg. Improving. |
| 6 | 2nd Oct. | M. | 2 5/6 | Wandsworth | Still paralysed. Attending Hospital. |
| 7 | 13th „ | F. | 6 1/6 | Tooting | Slight paralysis in right arm. Child otherwise well. |
| 8 | 15th „ | F. | 10 | Wandsworth | Died 14th October. Anterior Polio-Myelitis. |
| 9 | 21st „ | M. | 3 | Streatham | Slight case. Almost recovered. |
| 10 | 3rd Nov. | M. | 8 | Wandsworth | Slight paralysis. Attending hospital. |
| 11 | 3rd „ | F. | 10 | „ | Still in M.A.B. Hospital. |
| 12 | 18 th „ | F. | 4½ | „ | Slight case. Recovering. |
| 13 | 19th „ | F. | 11 weeks | Streatham | Still paralysed in both legs and left arm. |
Two of the cases were notified in April, one each in July,
August and September, four in October, and four in November.
Three of the cases were fatal, and in all the others some permanent
paralysis still exists, although in five of the cases the paralysis is
slight.
The following report on the 10 last cases was laid before the
Public Health Committee and a copy forwarded to the Local
Government Board.
27th November, 1913.
"With reference to the cases of Polio-Myelitis which have been
notified during the last fifteen weeks, I have to report that in all
10 cases have been notified, affecting nine households. No cases
occurred in Clapham, none in Putney, three in Streatham, one in
Tooting and six in Wandsworth. The particulars of the cases are
as follows:—