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Poliomyelitis.
Only one case of Poliomyelitis, a boy of five, was notified,
and he is still under treatment and reported to be improving.
Encephalitis Lethargica (see preceding table).
Fourteen cases of Encephalitis Lethargica were notified
(7 males and 7 females), of whom four died, a boy aged 13
years, a woman of 47, a girl of 19, and a little girl under three
years of age. The woman of 47 was found at Post-mortem
examination to have died of a Sarcoma. A further case was
notified, but the diagnosis was not confirmed, the patient, a
girl of 20 years of age, dying in hospital of Pneumococcal
Meningitis; one of the 14 cases, a girl of 18, was a relapse case.
The ages of the males affected were: 43, 30, '24, 19. 17, 13
and 6 years; and of the females: 47, 42, '29, 19, 18, 10 and
2 years.
Twelve of the cases were treated in Hospital, one in
the out-patient department of a hospital, and one was treated
at home.
Four cases are still very ill, while one is reported to be
slowly improving. Three men have been able to resume their
work, and two children—though still under treatment—are well
enough to return to School.
LABORATORY WORK.
In addition to the work carried out at the Plaistow Fever
Hospital (see the report of the Medical Superintendent, Plaistow
Hospital), and at the Tuberculosis Dispensary, other pathological
specimens are examined at the Seamen's Hospital.