Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 41.
Poliomyelitis.
Date notified. | Sex | Age | Condition on 31st December, 1924, | Treatment obtained. |
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1923. | ||||
Mar. 18 | F. | 2½ | Right leg affected. Gradual improvement in right leg. Child walks well. General condition good. | Receiving electrical treatment and massage as outpatient twice a week. |
May 25 | F. | 3 | Right 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 7 | F. | ½ | Left arm affected. Can now move arm slightly and grasp with hand. Physical condition fair. | Receiving electrical treatment and massage as outpatient, Miller Hospital. |
July 27 | F. | 2½ | In good health | — |
Aug. 16 | F. | 3 | Was 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. 31 | F. | 3 | Was 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 19 | F. | 1 | Unable to crawl or walk. Both lower limbs affected. | Massage and feet i n splints at nigh t. |
July 23 | F. | 2 | Both legs affected, right more than left. Cannot stand or walk. General condition good. | In-patient, Great Ormond Street Hospital. |
Aug. 24 | M. | 8 | Both legs affected. Beginning to walk with aid of supporting stand. General condition good. | In-patient, South Eastern Hospital & Queen Mary's Hospital. |
Oct. 25 | F. | 24 | Left leg and right arm affected. Improving. | Out-patient, Lewi-sham Hospital. Massage and electrical treatment. |