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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Woolwich 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: TABLE No. 41.Poliomyelitis.

TABLE No. 41.

Poliomyelitis.

Date notified.SexAgeCondition on 31st December, 1924,Treatment obtained.
1923.
Mar. 18F.2½Right leg affected. Gradual improvement in right leg. Child walks well. General condition good.Receiving electrical treatment and massage as outpatient twice a week.
May 25F.3Right leg affected. Right leg improving very much and child is just beginning to walk. General condition is good.Receiving electrical treatment and massage as outpatient, Guy's Hospital.
July 7F.½Left arm affected. Can now move arm slightly and grasp with hand. Physical condition fair.Receiving electrical treatment and massage as outpatient, Miller Hospital.
July 27F.2½In good health—
Aug. 16F.3Was in-patient, 13 months, Woolwich Infirmary. Now in-patient Queen Mary's H o s pi t a 1, Carshalton. Making good progress. Can walk.Receiving electrical treatment and massage.
Aug. 31F.3Was in-patient, 12 months, Woolwich Infirmary. Now in-patient, Queen Mary's Hospital, Carshalton. Making good progress, Can walk.Receiving electrical treatment and massage.
1924.
July 19F.1Unable to crawl or walk. Both lower limbs affected.Massage and feet i n splints at nigh t.
July 23F.2Both legs affected, right more than left. Cannot stand or walk. General condition good.In-patient, Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Aug. 24M.8Both legs affected. Beginning to walk with aid of supporting stand. General condition good.In-patient, South Eastern Hospital & Queen Mary's Hospital.
Oct. 25F.24Left leg and right arm affected. Improving.Out-patient, Lewi-sham Hospital. Massage and electrical treatment.