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Progress.
Some of the muscles around the right shoulder-joint are
apparently paralysed, and the child cannot raise the right arm
without assistance beyond a right angle.
3. I. J., girl, 3 years of age. Notified on August 9th, 1913.
History.
The child was suddenly taken ill about the middle of July.
She was attended by a local doctor, and on August 2nd was
admitted into the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.
The child was an in-patient at Great Ormond Street from
August 2nd to August 9th.
She had always been in good health until the middle of July.
A sister of the patient's father is suffering from paralysis, but
the history is vague. This aunt, who is now 10 years of age,
suffered from Measles when she was 9 months old, and an affection
of the eye followed the attack of Measles. The eye was
removed, and paralysis of the right side of the body ensued.
This aunt stayed with her brother in Acton from the beginning
of March to the end of May this year.
Progress.
The extensors of the foot are paralysed, and the child is
wearing a splint.
No children from the house attend school.
4. L. L., boy, aged 4½ years. Notified September 17th,
1913.
History.
The child was suddenly taken ill on September 8th, 1913, and
a local doctor was called in.
Both legs and the right arm were paralysed, but speech was
not affected. A specialist was called in attendance, who diagnosed
Acute Poliomyelitis.
Death occurred on September 18th. The child returned from
Seaford 9 days before date of sickening. At Seaford he was
staying in a boarding-house, where another child was staying.
The latter had no signs or symptoms of paralysis.