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The second occurred in a woman aged 48 years, who
was admitted to Kingston and District Hospital from
Surbiton and died on March 16th.
It will be observed that neither of these cases were
actually residents of the Borough but were notified after
the diagnosis had been made upon their admission to
Hospital.
ANTERIOR POLIOMYELITIS.
Three cases were notified during the year. The first
was in a baby girl of six months who had been admitted to
the Kingston Victoria Hospital on July 16th. The onset
had been sudden on July 9th with convulsions and squint.
She was not notified as Acute Poliomyelitas until August
2nd. She died on August 8th, 1933.
The second case occurred in a young woman aged 18
years who was admitted to the Kingston Victoria Hospital
on July 29th and notified as Acute Poliomyelitis on August
3rd. She developed extensive paralysis of an arm and leg.
The third case was notified on August 28th from the
West London Hospital in a boy aged 12 years. He had
been taken ill with a "stiff neck" on August 25th and on
August 28th, his doctor arranged for his admission to the
West London Hospital, where he died suddenly the same
evening.
PNEUMONIA.
The number of cases notfied was 32, compared with
43 and 28 for the last two years.
The majority of the cases occurred during the
prevalence of Influenza at the beginning of the year.
PUERPERAL FEVER AND PUERPERAL PYREXIA.
Comment on these diseases will be found under Section
B of the Report (Maternity and Child Welfare, Sub-section
ii).