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H. L., male, aged If years, of Jubilee Buildings, Wapping, was notified on
August 18th. He was an in-patient at the London Hospital for about a fortnight.
The right shoulder is affected, but is much better, and only attends the outpatient
department once a month. The parents have now left the neighbourhood.
F. P., female, aged 7 weeks, of Farrance Street, was notified on August 19th.
She was in the Hospital for 5 weeks. The left arm was affected, but was improving.
She died from pneumonia on November 14th, 1914.
E. P., female, aged 2 years, of Katherine Buildings, Cartwright Street, was notified
on August 28th. The patient was torpid and feverish for two days before she was
taken to the London Hospital. The mother had noticed the loss of use of both legs.
The thighs and legs were weak, especially the left. The right arm was also weak.
The child was removed to the Whitechapel Infirmary. Six months afterwards, the
child was still at the Infirmary and had not made much improvement. She cannot
use her legs.
B. J., male, aged 3 months, of Carlton Square, was notified on August 28th.
He was taken to the London Hospital, but was not admitted as an in-patient. The
child is now taken to the Hospital every two or three months. The left arm is
affected and the child is not able to use it.
S. M., male, aged 2½ years, of Exmouth Street, was notified on September 1st. His
right leg was affected. He attended the Hospital for Paralysis, Bloomsbury Square,
and made satisfactory progress. The parents have now left the neighbourhood.
I. P., male, aged 11 months, of Bromhead Street, was notified on September 3rd.
The lower limbs and muscles, and muscles of the back were affected. The patient
was removed to the Homerton Fever Hospital. He is now taken to the London
Hospital as an out-patient three times a week.
H. S., aged 2 years, of Cephas Street, was notified on September 15th. He was
taken ill on September 11th, when he was hot and feverish, and vomited. On
September 12th he could not walk. Both legs, both arms, and the muscles of the
abdomen were affected. He was taken to the London Hospital on September 15th,
and died on the same day. On a post-mortem examination being made, it was
found that he had acute polio-encephalo-myelitis.
W. S., male, aged 1¼ years, of Love Lane, was notified on September 21st. There
was paralysis of both legs. He was an in-patient at the East London Hospital for
Children from August 29th to October 24th. Three months afterwards the left leg was
much better and the right was improving slightly. He was able to sit up, and was
taken to the hospital every morning to be massaged. The mother has since left the
neighbourhood and is married a second time. Her present name and address are
not known.