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Poliomyelitis.
There were two cases of Poliomyelitis notified during
the year, a girl of 2 years old, who died, and a girl of four,
still under treatment in a Poor Law Hospital.
Encephalitis Lethargica.
There have been thirteen fresh cases during 192(3, of whom
seven have died; there has also occurred the death of a girl
of 17 years of age, who was first notified in 1924, and who
had been ill for over 2¼ years. One other case was notified,
a man of 46 years, but the diagnosis was not confirmed, the
patient dying of "pachy meningitis." The ages of the males
affected were: 52, 27 and 3 years (deaths), a boy 14 years,
now at work, and a boy 9 years, now at school, also a man 37,
still under treatment.
The ages of the females affected were: 22 years, 48 years,
17 years (still under treatment), and deaths: 66, 53, 5 and 1½
years.
Of these cases, two were treated in an Isolation Hospital,
three in General Hospitals, and two in Poor Law Hospitals.
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 Dfspensary, other
pathological specimens are examined at the Seamen's Hospital,
Greenwich, most of these specimens being submitted by private
Practitioners in the Borough.
Queen Mary's Hospital, Stratford, have recently opened a
Pathological Department, fully equipped with the most up-todate
apparatus. The Laboratory is under the charge of a
highly skilled Pathologist, and should prove a great asset to
all concerned.