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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 171
And was diagnosed as a slight case of Polio-Myelitis. She is
now, I have been informed, recovering. The Medical Officer
of Health for Kingston also informed me that a similar case
has been in the Victoria Hospital, Kingston, and that there
has been a fatal case at Maiden. The other occupants of
the house, father, mother and three children, were in good
health. The house was in a very good sanitary condition.
6.—S.H., aged three years, residing at Balham Hill, notified by a
private practitioner on the 21st October. The parents had
been resident in Mitcham until about a month previous to
the date of notification and the child had been ill previous
to that date. As far as could be ascertained the first
symptoms appeared about the third week of July, and at
the present time there is still partial paralysis of left arm.
He is still being treated at St. Thomas's Hospital as an
out-patient. The house is in good sanitary condition, and
the other members of the family, father, mother and one child
are, and have been in good health. In this case also, the
mother was of opinion that the illness was due to a fall.
His general health is now good, and the paralysis of
arm better.
The Medical Officer of Health, Croydon Rural District
informs me that no cases have been notified in the Mitcham
District this year.
7.—J.B., aged 8 years, residing at Fullerton Road, Wandsworth,
notified by a private practitioner on the 3rd November.
This child showed the first symptoms about the 10th October.
This case infected No. 8.
8.—K.B., aged 10 years, residing at Fullerton Road, Wandsworth,
also notified on the 3rd November by the same practitioner.
This child slept with her brother, and was doubtless
infected by him, the first symptoms appearing on the 1st
November. The symptoms in the case of No. 7 were
indefinite, and it was not until the sister fell ill that the
medical practitioner in attendance realised that both were
cases of Polio-Myelitis.