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I. H., aged 2, of Smith Street. There are no children going to school in this family,
and only one child ever visited the patient. The patient was 5 weeks in the hospital.
The left leg is still bad, but the patient is able to walk a little.
F. B., aged 2f, of Mercers Terrace, Salmon Lane, was at the London Hospital
at the time of my visit. There were no children in the family going to school.
The right arm is affected.
G. D., aged 2, of Canal Road, was an out-patient at the Hospital. She is the
only child. One leg only is affected.
V. G., aged 1¾, of Skidmore Street, was an in-patient at the Hospital for 5 weeks.
The left leg is affected and is now put up in plaster of Paris. Two of the children
go to school. This patient is one of twins, the other twin being dead. It appears
her illness started soon after a severe attack of summer diarrhoea.
D. L., aged 4, of Bloomfield Road. This case was notified first as Cerebrospinal
Meningitis, and was admitted to the Homerton Fever Hospital where the
Medical Superintendent afterwards certified her to be suffering from Poliomyelitis.
The child was in the Fever Hospital for 5 weeks. One child only attends school.
A. H., aged 2½, of St. Thomas' Road (now removed to 3, St. Dunstan's Road).
This patient was in the Hospital at the time of my first visit and when I visited the
premises a second time, I found that the people had left, and I was not able to trace
them. One child attended school.
B. J., aged 1½, of Bermuda Street attends at the Great Ormond Street Children's
Hospital once a month. The left arm is affected. There does not seem to be much
improvement.
E. O., aged 1, of Diggon Street, attends at the London Hospital twice a week
where the arm is massaged. The right arm is affected, but it seems to be getting
stronger and the muscles appear to be developing.
Anthrax.
Two cases were notified, both belonging to Mile End Old Town.
Zymotic Diseases.
The total deaths from diseases of a Zymotic character numbered 471. It includes
deaths from Measles, Scarlet Fever, Whooping Cough, Diphtheria, Enteric Fever,
Puerperal Fever and Diarrhoea. This number is 30 less than in the previous year.
130 belonged to the Limehouse District, or at the rate of 2.46 per 1,000 of the
population.
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