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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 169
1.—J.B., aged 3¾ years, of Aslett Street, Wandsworth, was
notified from St. Thomas's Hospital, on the 28th August,
the first symptoms having been noted on the 19th August.
The patient was taken to St. Thomas's Hospital on the
25th August, and remained there an in-patient till the 12th
November, when he was discharged.
On his discharge there was still paralysis of the right
leg, but the child was otherwise in good health.
This child had not been to school nor away from the
district at any time. The father, mother and five other
children were in good health and have remained so. The
house was verminous and untidy, but there were no sanitary
defects.
2.—G.M., aged 3½ years, of Selkirk Road, Balham, notified from
St. Thomas's Hospital on the 16th September, the first
symptoms having been noted on the 30th August. This
patient was taken to St. Thomas's Hospital and treated as
an out-patient, and she is still being treated there by massage.
The child has almost completely recovered, there being now
only slight paralysis of the left leg, and the general health
is good. The father, mother and one other child are in good
health, the house was clean and in good sanitary condition.
3.—A.D., aged 2 years and 10 months, of Morie Street, Wandsworth,
notified from the Victoria Hospital on the 2nd
October. The first symptoms appeared on the 27th
September, and the parents were of the opinion that these
were due to a fall. Patient had not been out of the
neighbourhood, and all the other members of the family,
father, mother and two children were and are still in good
health.
The patient was treated at the Victoria Hospital till
the 5th November, when he was removed to the South
Western Hospital, suffering from Scarlet Fever, contracted
in Hospital.