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50
ACUTE ANTERIOR POLIOMYELITIS AND
POLIOENCEPHALITIS
Nine cases were notified in 1951, including one non-paralytic
case.
No.
Sex
Age
Ward
Date
of
onset
Date
notified
Date of
removal
to
hospital
Site of
Paralysis
Final Follow-up
Report
The particulars in regard to these cases are :—
1.
M.
5
St. James St
4.1.51
6.1.51
6.1.51
Bulbo-Spinal
Slight paralysis
face; under
treatment.
2.
F.
8
St. James St.
3.1.51
10.1.51
10.1.51
Spine
Recovered.
3.
F.
3½
Wood Street
27.11.50
3.2.51*
27.1.51
Quadriceps
Recovered.
4.
F.
15
Hale End
24.12.50
19.2.51*
24.12.50
Palatal
Recovered.
5.
M.
6
Hoe Street
4.5.51
25.5.51*
Not
removed
Left leg
Slight wasting left
leg.
6.
F.
3
High Street
8.8.51
12.8.51
12.8.51
Left arm
Out Area case—
left for own
home.
7.
F.
23
Higham Hill
18.8.51
20.8.51
20.8.51
Legs and arms
Able to walk but
cannot do housework.
8.
M.
23
Higham Hill
28.8.51
26.9.51*
3.9.51
Non-paralytic
(polioencephalitis)
Recovered.
9.
F.
13
Hoe Street
18.9.51
27.9.51
26.9.51
Bulbar
poliomyelitis
Recovered.
* Cases 3, 4 and 8 were discovered on return home. Delay in notification was due to admission
to hospital. Case No. 5 attended hospital as an out-patient.