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 Walthamstow]
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The particulars in regard to these cases are :
No. | Sex | Age | Ward | Date of Onset | Date Notified | Date of Removal to Hospital | Site of Paralysis | Final Follow-up Report (January, 1953) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | M. | 12 | Hi. | 9.7.52 | 21.7.52 | 17.7.52 | ? Respiratory | N.P. |
25.7.52* | ||||||||
2 | M. | 4¾ | Ho. | 15.7.52 | 21.7.52 | 21.7.52 | Right leg | Right leg ½-in. shortening—attending hospital for massage and exercises three times a week. |
3 | F. | 26 | W. | 15.7.52 | 23.7.52 | 21.7.52 | Right leg and right arm, Encephalitis— Pregnancy 6/12. | No residual paralysis. |
4 | M. | 4½ | Hi. | 23.7.52 | 30.7.52 | 31.7.52 | Bulbar | Slight paresis right leg. Slight ptosis of eyelid. No treatment. |
5 | F. | 6 | St. J. | 23.8.52 | 3.9.52 | 27.8.52 | Shoulder—Respiratory. | Having treatment for both arms three times weekly at hospital. Not fit foi school. |
3.9.52* | ||||||||
6 | M. | 1¾ | St. J. | 27.8.52 | 3.9.52 | 29.8.52 | Shoulder | Having treatment for right leg twice a week at hospital. |
3.9.52* | ||||||||
7 | M. | 5 | St. J. | 23.8.52 | 3.9.52 | 25.8.52 | Non-paralytic | Non-paralytic. |
3.9.52* | ||||||||
8 | M. | 4 | H.E. | 6.9.52 | 9.9.52 | 9.9.52 | ? Back | Weakness right leg. Attending hospital. |
9 | M. | 3½ | H.H. | 14.9.52 | 16.9.52 | 16.9.52 | ? Left leg | No trace of paralysis. |
10 | M. | 27 | St. J. | 22.10.52 | 29.10.52 | 29.10.52 | Left leg | No residual paralysis. |
* Date transferred to an Infectious Diseases Hospital.