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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hackney 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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Paralytic Site of paralysis
Males 10 months Both legs
1 year Left thigh
2 years Both legs and arras
8 " Left arm
10 " Both legs
17 " Left arm and right leg
36 " Larynx
Females 1 year Right leg
2½ years Right upper forearm, shoulders and right leg
3 " Right leg, neck and back
6 " Left leg
6 " Left foot
8 " Both legs
13 " Left foot
15 " Trunk and thighs
19 " Left leg, hip and thigh
21 " Left arm
22 " Palate and throat
23 " Palate
28 " Right arm
Non-paralytic
Males 4¼ years 9 years Females 7 years
6 " 10 " 12 "
6 " 14 " 13 "
7 " 18 18 "
7½ " 44 „
9 „
The 35 cases occurred during the year as follows:-
| June | July | Aug, | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Totals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paralytic | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | . | 20 | |
| Non-paralytic | - | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | - | 1 | 15 |
| Totals | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 35 |
Information was received of three cases notified to districts outside
Hackney, where the normal place of residence is within this Borough:-
Paralytic cases: Male 1 year 8 months (Right leg)
Female 2 years 4 months (Right thigh)
Non-paralytic case- Female 5 years
The final diagnoses in the 38 unconfirmed cases were as follows;-
Cervical adenitis 1
Cervical spine subluxation 1
Contusion left shoulder 1
Digestive disturbance 1
Effusion of left hip 1
Febricula 1
Minor contusion of right hip 1
Myelitis with retrobulbar neuritis 1
No obvious disease 8
Paratyphoid fever 3
Pharyngitis 2
Pyrexia 1
Right lobar pneumonia 1
Right perineal neuritis 1
Rheumatism 4
Tetany 1
Tonsillitis 7
Upper respiratory tract infection 1
Viral infection 1