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MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTION
Two cases were notified, the particulars being as follows
Sex Age Ward Hospital Remarks
1. F. 7 yrs. High Street Yes Recovered
2. M. 6 mths. Hoe Street No Died at home, P.M.
MALARIA
There were no cases notified during the year.
ACUTE ANTERIOR POLIOMYELITIS AND
POLIOENCEPHALITIS
Sixteen cases were notified in 1952, but only 10 were confirmed.
Out of the 10 confirmed cases, seven occurred in children
below the age of six years. Eight cases were paralytic, but
fortunately none was severe. There was residual paralysis in four
cases.
The majority of cases occurred in the more densely populated
portion of the Borough, i.e., the South-Western half. This portion
is contiguous with the Borough of Ley ton, but separated from the
London County Council area by the River Lea.
Four cases occurred during July, three in August, two in
September and one in October. In only two cases could direct
contact be established.
Close questioning of intimate contacts regarding history of
illness before and after contact revealed practically no positive
evidence. Except for two cases in one family, evidence of association
of contacts with other definite cases of poliomyelitis was
completely negative.
Such evidence is very difficult to obtain in a dormitory town
like Walthamstow, where there is so much travelling to and from
Central London.
The particulars in regard to these cases are :