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In 1903 these diseases caused the deaths of 35 children under 5
years of age.
„ 1904 „ „ „ 180 „
„ 1905 „ „ „ „ 52
„ 1906 „ „ „ „ 116
„ 1907 „ „ „ „ 37
„ 1908 „ „ „ „ 36
„ 1909 „ „ „ „ 34 „ „
„ 1910 „ „ „ „ 16
„ 1911 „ „ „ 110 „ „
„ 1912 „ „ „ „25 „ „
„ 1913 „ „ „ „ 47 „ „
CEREBRO-SPINAL MENINGITIS, ACUTE POLIOMYELITIS
AND ACUTE POLIOENCEPHALITIS.
Six cases of Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis, and 2 cases of
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis have been notified during the year.
The following is a copy of a special report sent to the Local
Government Board in answer to a request from them for such
information:—
POLIOMYELITIS.
Six cases of Poliomyelitis have been notified to me since
August 1st, 1913. Five of these six were notified from the
following hospitals:—London Hospital, 1; West Ham Hospital,
2; Queen's Hospital, Hackney Road, 1; Great Ormond Street
Hospital, 1; and 1 was notified by a Leytonstone practitioner.
Each case was visited by me, and I found in every instance
that a considerable time had elapsed since the first onset of the
disease, in one case 4 months; that there were many other
children in the families, in two cases 4 and 5 respectively ; that
no isolation had been practised; that the disease had in no
instance spread to the other children; that no intercourse between
the affected children was traceable; and that the cases were
distributed in parts of the district remote from one another.